Starting Shakespeare S.
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From the author of the best-selling ‘Starting Shakespeare’, a book of fascinating resources and lively activities introducing students to Shakespeare and ‘Henry V’, and fully preparing them for the Key Stage 3 SATs Shakespeare element.
- Introducing the play (preparatory information and activities)
Putting on the play - An interview with… (various famous Elizabethan actors)
- Checkpoint (activities for written work following on from interview)
- Production notes for a key scene
- Focus on Shakespeare (an aspect of his life relevant to the play)
- The Elizabethan theatre (focus on an aspect relevant to the play)
Studying the play - Activities on genre
- Plot
- Characters
- Features of the play (i.e. language – such as soliloquy, blank verse, songs, prose, oratory)
- Focus on key speech
- Forum (questions, answers and discussion following on from work on the key speech)
- Comparison with another play (key speech or scene or character)
Preparing for SATs - Exam technique
- Revision (how to revise and activities)
- Model questions
- Homework