The North Face of Shakespeare: Activities for Teaching the Plays (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (710 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521756367 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 306 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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MaudieGreat suggestions for classroom activities Maudie400 Stredder's book is bursting with ideas for getting students physically and linguistically engaged with the plays. While most of them are aimed at el-hi students, I found them very adaptable for my college classes, especially those scheduled late in the afternoons. This book is a must for libraries serving future teachers of literatu. 00 said Great suggestions for classroom activities. Stredder's book is bursting with ideas for getting students physically and linguistically engaged with the plays. While most of them are aimed at el-hi students, I found them very adaptable for my college classes, especially those scheduled late in the afternoons. This book is a must for libraries serving future teachers of literatu. "Essential teaching resource!" according to Mary Christel. The teaching of Shakespeare can be daunting but Shredder's volume of "active Shakespeare" strategies will engage students in making meaning of the texts for themselves rather having the texts explained to them.
The book invites teachers and drama practitioners to think of their classroom as a stage, with their students as both actors and audience. The aim is for students to take away an engaged and secure understanding of that text to use in their own reading and study.. The North Face of Shakespeare argues that successful active work arises directly from the extraordinary dramatic power of Shakespeare's writing - from its language and poetry and its use of narrative and character. It proposes that the text can be presented as drama - whether in quite sim