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Summary: Best Shakespeare Teaching Resource Around
Review: Let me make this simple: if you want you're students to truly love Shakespeare, there is no better resource than this book. Prior to buying it I was skeptical about the rave reviews I had heard. After trying a few of the activities, however, I'm a convert. My students went from dreading Shakespeare to asking if we could do more of his plays. And for someone who teaches students who aren't always the most interested readers, that is truly remarkable.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: My seventh graders loved Midsummer after the activities we did with this book. The activities that dealt with Shakespeare's language were particularly helpful and engaging. I now have a class full of kids who like Shakespeare.
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Summary: Experience of a lifetime!
Review: That's what my students told me after I used this book's unit for teaching "A Midsummer Night's Dream" through performance. That was last spring, and I'm about to use it again. "Yes, we've heard all about that!" exclaimed my current Advanced English 11 students with grins and excited anticipation. Even the shy find their niche in this gently encouraging format for understanding and interpreting Shakespeare. I plan to use many of the book's ideas for our upcoming Macbeth unit as well. I am incredibly grateful for this wonderful book! If you are a teacher who wants to avoid the "Play the tape - read along" method of teaching Shakespeare, BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Full of fantastic activities that help make Shakespeare fun!
Review: The Shakespeare Set Free Series offers wonderful activities to get students to see that Shakespeare is fun! The lessons are creative and encourage cooperative learning. The lessons I've used are the ones students have reacted most positively towards. Exclamations of "that was cool" are the proof!
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Summary: Best book for teachers...
Review: This book formed the heart of teaching both Midsummer Night's Dream and Macbeth. Teachers will get an enormous amount from O'Brien's handling of all three plays. For pencil-and-paper activities, you might want to check LitPlans on CD. For a book related to the historical Macbeth, you might want to try Nick Aitchison's Macbeth: Man and Myth.
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Summary: Best book for teachers...
Review: This book formed the heart of teaching both Midsummer Night's Dream and Macbeth. Teachers will get an enormous amount from O'Brien's handling of all three plays. For pencil-and-paper activities, you might want to check LitPlans on CD. For a book related to the historical Macbeth, you might want to try Nick Aitchison's Macbeth: Man and Myth.
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Summary: A bit misleading
Review: This is the perfect resource for Shakespeare. I have used it with fluent and limited English speaking high school students with great success. It features challenging curriculum that can be fun for the students. I've tried so many Shakespeare resources that have missed the mark--either too ambiguous or too elementary and superficial. I highly recommend this versitile resource.
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Summary: Fun AND Challenging
Review: This is the perfect resource for Shakespeare. I have used it with fluent and limited English speaking high school students with great success. It features challenging curriculum that can be fun for the students. I've tried so many Shakespeare resources that have missed the mark--either too ambiguous or too elementary and superficial. I highly recommend this versitile resource.
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Summary: A bit misleading
Review: This would be a great resource for a drama teacher who is tyring to incorporate a bit of language arts into their classes. I did not find most of the exercises beneficial for teaching Macbeth to
high school seniors in English class.
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