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Presenter: Lyn Hawks
Level: Middle, Secondary

What's different about differentiation? Why differentiate instruction for a Shakespeare play? Differentiated instruction promotes success for all students while building classroom community, and these strategies bring the best of educational practices to the study of 400 year-old language. By addressing students' readiness levels, interests, and learning styles, a teacher can make Shakespearean text come alive. In this web seminar, Lyn will review strategies for differentiation and share assignments from the book Teaching Romeo and Juliet: A Differentiated Approach, including

• Pre, mid-, and post-testing
• Compacting and independent study for gifted students
• Tiered close reading assignments
• Mixed-readiness assignments and skill strand activities
• Strategies for Socratic discussion