Posts tagged with Shakespeare

Educational Hip Hop – Rhythm, Rhyme, Results

At http://www.educationalrap.com/teachers-schools, listen to some samples of a great music library of educational rap/hip-hop and pop songs.  We already own a set of these tracks in the library, so what you hear is what you can easily get  — to use in the classroom, post to your blog or just amuse your students.  On the website, you’ll [...]

“No Fear Shakespeare”

This Sparknotes feature lets readers see a modern “translation” of the play alongside the original. Can eliminate a lot of frustration yet actually lead to more appreciation of the poetry of the original.  After all, who wouldn’t prefer this: But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.Arise, fair [...]

Interactive Shakespeare

http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/shakespeare/feature.html If you teach Shakespeare, you will love this site!  A rich collection of interactive activities and media that students can explore – and perhaps use to answer your questions as a pre-reading excercise.  Highly engaging.