Shakespeare unit study?

[rhrice3]

My dd wants to study Shakespeare, and I was wondering if there are any Shakespeare reading/curriculum guides for middle school out there. I would love to hear your thoughts -

Thanks

ReneeR

[delaney]

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[Lucy the Valiant]

Yes, there are!

 

The Folger Shakespeare Library has an entire collection of FIRST-RATE lesson plans for Shakespeare, for all ages and abilities, from early elementary up to advanced high school. They're intended for classroom use, but I have used them individually as well as in a group setting, and they are extremely well done.

 

www.folger.edu

 

And if you live ANYWHERE near Washington, D.C. and can manage a field trip to the Folger (it's directly behind the Capitol and within walking distance of Union Station (i.e., GREAT EATS! :lol: ), let them know in advance that you are coming, and they'll put together an awesome little program for you, free. (Well, taxpayer-funded.)

 

It's like happy-purgatory for retired English teachers - most of the docents used to teach and now get to sit around hatching up fun Shakespeare events for field trips. (If there's no heaven, that's where I want to go when I die. The Folger. :lol:)

 

 

 

Editing to Add: The lesson plans are FREE, and the pdf's are already put together, easy-peasy. I just taught 1st-3rd graders (at our co-op) this mini lesson "A Casket, A Casket," and then we had fun giving each other Shakespearean compliments. The children (and the teacher!) had a BALL! (In high school we do the insults. Very entertaining. )

Edited February 29, 2012 by Katie