Shakespeare On and Off line

Reference:
Chasteen, S., (2005). Lesson Plans for William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
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Cummings, M.J., (2007). Twelfth Night, or What you Will: A Study Guide.
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Subject: Grade Eight English
Activity: Students have already read the hardcopy of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. At the beginning of class they will view a brief clip from the movie “She’s the Man”. Then the student’s activity is to visit the website http://www.twelfthnightsite.co.uk/index.htm
and play the games at the end of the page. The games give a good idea of the student’s comprehension of the play. After they have played each game once, students will go to the class blog and record how they did in the games as well as write a brief paragraph on who their favorite character is and why.
GLOs:
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
SLOs:
Students will identify explicit and implicit ideas and information in texts: listen and respond to various interpretations of the same text.
Relevant ICTs:
C1-students will access, use and communicate information from a variety of technologies.
C5- Students will use technology to aid collaboration during inquiry
C7- Students will use electronic research techniques to construct personal knowledge and meaning.
P1- Students will compose, revise and edit text.
P3-Students will communicate through multimedia.
P4-Students will integrate various applications.
P6- Students will use communication technology to interact with others.
F1- Students will demonstrate an understanding of the nature of technology.
F2-Students will understand the role of technology as it applies to self, work and society.
Rationale:
Shakespeare has a tendency to scare students because of the complexity of the language and it has often been taught in boring ways that make students dread studying Shakespeare. Through integrating various technologies such as: the hardcopy, which gives students the opportunity to experience the language; the movie clip of “She’s the Man”, which puts Shakespeare into a modern context that students can understand; the online games, which are a fun way of evaluating learning and understanding; it makes Shakespeare less intimidating and more understandable for students. They may even actually begin to enjoy Shakespeare!