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Googleplex – 1/24/10
It’s time once again to check in on what searches people have done to find themselves at Shakespeare Teacher, and to respond in the name of fun and public service. All of the following searches brought...
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Googleplex – 2/7/10
It’s time once again to check in on what searches people have done to find themselves at Shakespeare Teacher, and to respond in the name of fun and public service. All of the following searches brought...
View ArticleGoogleplex – 2/14/10
It’s time once again to check in on what searches people have done to find themselves at Shakespeare Teacher, and to respond in the name of fun and public service. All of the following searches brought...
View ArticleBlended Learning
I’ve just added a new category called “Blended Learning” which is something I’ll likely be writing about in the next few months. Blended learning, for us, will refer to a learning model that consists...
View ArticleShakespeare, Our Contemporary
The Antony and Cleopatra project is going well. Yesterday, I used the play to help the sixth-grade students make connections to present-day world events. Antony and Cleopatra takes place in the first...
View ArticleCleopatra
I didn’t work with the kids this week on Antony and Cleopatra, so instead I offer some fun facts about the historical Cleopatra. First of all, she wasn’t Egyptian, at least not by descent. Egypt was...
View ArticleSalad Days
The sixth-graders I’m working with are studying figurative language now, so we looked at figurative language in a scene from Antony and Cleopatra. They enjoyed the “salad days” metaphor, and the...
View ArticleDigital Shakespeare Update
I met with my middle-school classes on Thursday. They have finished reading the plays, and we were able put together plans for our Digital Shakespeare projects. Plans may change, and who knows what...
View ArticleUnder the Influence
I’ve been asked by the good folks at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to participate in a project with other bloggers in honor of Shakespeare’s birthday. The idea is to describe in a blog post how...
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Top Ten Shakespeare Audio Productions
In Shakespeare’s time, people did not go to “see” a play; they went to “hear” a play. Which Shakespeare play would you like to hear? A few months ago, I wrote a post about my Shakespeare addiction that...
View ArticleShakespeare’s Most Underrated Characters
Over at Pursued by a Bear, Cassius put together a series of videos lauding Shakespeare’s Most Underrated Characters back while I was on hiatus. They’re definitely worth checking out. Even when you...
View ArticleShakespeare Song Parody: Courtships
This is the 36th in a series of 40 pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. Enjoy! Courtships sung to the tune of “Starships” (With apologies to Nicki Minaj – she knows why…) Touchtone Went into the...
View ArticleShakespeare Song Parody: We Love the Plays of Shakespeare
This is the last in a series of 40 pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. So far, we’ve had one parody for each of Shakespeare’s 38 plays and one for the sonnets. We finish the Shakespeare Top 40...
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Shakespeare Follow-Up: Age of the Earth
When, in As You Like It, Orlando threatens to die of unrequited love, the disguised Rosalind has some words of wisdom for him: The poor world is almost six thousand years old, and in all this time...
View ArticleShakespeare Anagram: As You Like It
One hidden benefit of the Shakespeare Follow-Up is that it can give me extra ideas for the Shakespeare Anagram! From As You Like It: The poor world is almost six thousand years old, and in all this...
View ArticleShakespeare Follow-Up: Nature vs. Nurture
The term “nature vs. nurture” is a poetic turn of phrase that refers to an ongoing reexamination of the roles that heredity and environment play in determining who we are as individuals. The expression...
View ArticleShakespeare Follow-Up: Biochemistry
In As You Like It, Le Beau gives some friendly advice to Orlando: Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. Albeit you have deserv’d High commendation, true applause and love, Yet...
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Shakespeare Follow-Up: The Atom
In As You Like It, Celia reveals to Rosalind that she knows the name of Rosalind’s secret admirer. It is Orlando, who has already captured her heart. Immediately, Rosalind begins to pepper Celia with...
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Shakespeare Clickbait
How far should we go to get people to read Shakespeare? I say we do whatever it takes. You may also enjoy these stories: The secret herb that will make women fall for you… INSTANTLY! | The one shocking...
View ArticleShakespeare Anagram: As You Like It
From As You Like It: Speak you so gently? Pardon me, I pray you: I thought that all things had been savage here; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. Shift around the letters,...
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