Irresistible Shakespeare : 6 Sensational Scenes from Favorite Plays and Dozens of Fun Ideas That Introduce Students to the Wonderful Works of Shakespeare

by MILLER CAROL RAWLINGS

• ISBN13: 9780439098441
• ISBN10: 0439098440
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Scholastic

Summary

Make Shakespeare come to life through these exciting, reproducible scenes from his famous plays, such as Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and As You Like It. Each scene is accompanied by creative mini-lessons and motivating activities to help you and your students explore meter, metaphor, alliteration, imagery, and much more. This book also includes background information, a glossary of helpful terms, and thoughtful questions to help students interpret the scenes and understand the conventions of Elizabethan drama -- and fall in love with Shakespeare. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Carol Rawlings Miller is an English teacher at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Preface	4	(2)
Part I: Shakespeare Lessons
Cracking Open a Play	6	(3)
What's Novel About a Play?: What's at Play in a Novel?	9	(2)
What's Happening?: A Close Reading Exercise	11	(2)
Detective Work	13	(2)
Pop-Up Language	15	(2)
Teaching Meter: Six Frequently Asked Questions	17	(2)
The Music of Language: The Fundamentals of Meter	19	(3)
Poetry and Prose	22	(2)
Iambic Pentameter: What's So Great About It Anyway?	24	(1)
The Poetry Tool Kit	25	(3)
Part II: Scenes for Study
Richard III: Determined to Be a Villain	28	(4)
Henry V: This Story Shall the Good Man Teach His Son	32	(6)
As You Like It: We Have Seen Better Days	38	(7)
The Taming of the Shrew: Am I Not Christopher Sly?	45	(8)
A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth	53	(12)
Romeo and Juliet: Two Blushing Pilgrims	65	(13)
A Glossary for Shakespeare Studies	78