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Reading Shakespeare - The World's a Stage

Completed by 1 learner
Ages 14-18
Live Group Class
In this ongoing Shakespeare class, students will explore a variety of Shakespeare's plays - one scene at a time. Every class will include historical context, how to read Shakespeare, analysis, and reader performance of the week's scene. Ask about Homeschool Group Options!
Average rating:
4.5
Number of reviews:
(12 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week
3-12 learners per class
60 min

What's included

1 live meeting
1 in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 9 - 12
Shakespeare's plays were written and enjoyed by everyone, regardless of economic or educational background. This is an ongoing class serves to demystify Shakespeare with the intent of students finding both enjoyment and confidence while engaging with his works. This class will meet 1 hour once a week.

Every week will feature a new Shakespeare scene pulled from one of his 37 plays - Comedies, Tragedies, or Histories. The first part of the class will be focused on the historical context of when the play was written and perfomed. The second part of the class will include guidance on HOW to read Shakespeare. The third part of the class will be a brief synopsis of the play up to the scene we are reading. The fourth part is a quiet read through of the play for general understanding of the scene and to address any questions students might have (vocabulary, interactions, etc). The fifth part will be multiple readings of the scene with changes in reader parts. The sixth and final part of the class is a final discussion about anything regarding the scene that students want to talk about.

We will be using Folger's Shakespeare Library's free repository for downloading and printing the scenes for each week. 

Please know that any and every Book Club class that I teach can be make into a private homeschool club during school hours. Please ask about more information!

Week 1 - Scene from a Comedy play
Week 2- Scene from a History play
Week 3- Scene from a Tragedy play
Week 4- Scene from a Comedy play
Week 5- Scene from a History play
Week 6 - Scene from a Tragedy play
Week 7- Scene from a Comedy play
Week 8 - Scene from a History play
Week 9 - Scene from a Tragedy play
Week 10 - Scene from a Comedy play
Pattern continues.

Learning Goals

Students will learn how to read Shakespeare, analysis, and applying historical context to understanding.

Other Details

Supply List
A printed copy of the week's scene - the link and PDF pages will be specified in the class discussion area.
Pens, highlighters
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
We will be using Folger's Shakespeare Library for all printed scenes. I will post a link for the site and play, with the page numbers of the PDFs to be printed. Folger Shakespeare Library provides all of Shakespeare's works free of charge in electronic form.

Meet the teacher

Joined July, 2020
4.5
12reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Alabama Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Master's Degree in English from University of Alabama Huntsville
Bachelor's Degree in English from University of Alabama Huntsville
I am a certified, former classroom secondary English teacher with a BA and MA in English. During my education, I have studied ALL of Shakespeare's plays three times, and I have studied eight of his plays 6-7 times. My Thesis was on using Shakespeare to teach agency to secondary and college students. I have tutored AP Human Geography, AP World History, AP US History, AP Government/Econ., AP Language, and AP Literature for over 10 years. I have also tutored ACT English and ACT Reading for several years. The materials that we use is content that I have gathered and used with all my face-to-face students.

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