Happy Birthday to William Shakespeare!
from NCTE INBOX 4-22-08

On April 23, 1564, William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon. Celebrate the bard with the strategies outlined in the following resources:

• "Voices from Shakespeare's Day" (E)
• "Creative Drama through Scaffolded Plays in the Language Arts Classroom" (E)
• "Where There's a Will, There's a Play" (M)
• Literary Characters on Trial: Combining Persuasion and Literary Analysis (M-S)
• "The Bard in the Bathroom: Literary Analysis, Filmmaking, and Shakespeare" (S)
• "Shakespeare through the Lens of a New Age" (S)
• "New Rules for Old Literature: Connecting At-Risk Kids to the Classics 'Commando Style'" (S)
• "Engaging with Shakespeare through Translation" (C)
• "Using Shakespeare's Plays to Teach Critical Thinking and Writing Skills" (C)

For more ideas for teaching Shakespeare, see the ReadWriteThink calendar entry (E-M-S), which includes links to additional articles, lesson plans, and other resources.

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Initials in annotations indicate academic level of the resource (E=Elementary, M=Middle, S=Secondary, C=College, TE=Teacher Education, G=General).

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