Shakespeare and Classic Works in the Classroom : Teaching Pre-20th Century Literature at KS2 and KS3.
With supportive guidelines for Key Stages 2 and 3 this book offers active approaches for teaching pre-twentieth century literature with confidence. Key texts including The Odyssey, Hamlet and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are explained in a very practical and accessible way. This text allows for c...
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Bringing Shakespeare and classic works to children; Introduction; Great literature and creativity; Culture and the individual; Creative literacy; The texture of the words; Cultural paradigms; Relevance; The other worlds of literature; Renaissance in the classroom; Developing the strands of language; Secondary and tertiary worlds; Chapter 2 Teaching and learning processes; Planning and preparation; Presenting or performing texts to children; Children at work; Chapter 3 Epics and myths; Introduction; Case study: The Odyssey.
- Project: BeowulfChapter 4 Narrative poetry; Introduction; Case study: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Project 1: Sir Patrick Spens; Project 2: The Pardoner's Tale; Chapter 5 Shakespeare; Introduction; Case Study 1: Hamlet; Case Study 2: The Tempest; Project: Twelfth Night; Chapter 6 Prose fiction; Introduction; Case study: The Four Branches of the Mabinogi; Project: Gulliver's Travels; Chapter 7 Lyric poetry; Introduction; Case study: Gerard Manley Hopkins; Project 1: Year 4, 'Autumn' by John Clare; Project 2: Year 5, 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' by William Wordsworth.
- Project 3: Year 6, 'Roman Road' by Thomas Hardy compared with 'The way through the woods' by Rudyard KiplingProject 4: Year 7, 'The Tyger' by William Blake; Project 5: Year 8, 'Bermudas' by Andrew Marvell; Appendix: Project tables; Select bibliography; Index.
