Couser+Shakespeare

This starter is for high school students for use in an English Literature class. Ideally it would be used in conjunction with in class Reader's Theatre projects, movie screenings, virtual conferences and performances in Second Life, and possibly real life performances at a local college. (When I studied Shakespeare in high school it consisted of reading the script aloud, but a friend's school did stage fighting as well!) With the Internet resources, particularly for Shakespeare, the potential for depth of learning is great.

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I presented an original adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night a few years ago at SJCPL with younger children, and I could see doing a library series on Shakespeare with the starter serving as additional interactive research during the program.

It could also be adapted for contemporary author studies, but I thought I'd try authors many students consider 'dry'.