Unfortunately, I have not had the opportunity to teach any novels, outside of literature circles. I will be teaching Hamlet. Within this play, I am going to have all of my students act it out. I will only have a class of twelve seniors and there are no scenes within this play that are larger than this, to my memory. I will also be using both a movie and a CD set for this play. I am hoping to find more activities. I would like for them to create a project of some aspect within Shakespeare's time, be it his theatre or otherwise. I have not completely planned this out, but these are my general thoughts.
I don't get to teach novels with free reign either. Hopefully you'll be able to use some of the ideas from this class. I hope I can!
ReplyDeletePerhaps you could take your students to the theater in your school and have them act it out a bit, or pick a monolouge or soliloquy to analyze and perform for your students. They may be able to connect on a much higher level for you.
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