Shakespeare games

An example card would say, "You must read this monologue interpretively as Jack Black" and another card would say, "Perform this monologue as if you were on trapeze! Call students to the front of the class one by one and have them draw a card from a hat and perform their monologues aloud for the rest of the class. See if the students can correctly identify the character based on the monologue performance and give a prize to the student that gets the first correct answer.

This game is suitable for drama classes as well as English classes. Read a play with your class and divide students into groups. Direct the groups to create a game board using four characters from the play.

If you read A Midsummer Nights Dream in class, Puck, Peaseblossom, Titania and Oberon can be incorporated to represent the fairies on a fairyland-based game board.

Student groups must determine four rules for the game and write them on the game board. Additionally, some spaces on the game board must be filled in with actions based on situations that characters encounter in the play.

These squares can allow a player to progress further through the game or may a force player to lose a turn. The game boards should use as much language from the play as possible.

Have the student groups swap game boards when they have completed the project and let the students play the games. Select different insulting lines from Shakespearean plays. If you are focusing on a specific play in class or if you are planning on taking your class to see a play, select memorable insults from that play that students will recognize later while reading or viewing the play.

Write each insult onto a card. Make sure there are enough cards for each student to receive a card and then hand them out. Allot five minutes for practicing to let the students get comfortable saying their insults aloud in an insulting manner. If you have elementary school students, write the insults on the chalkboard beside their modern day meanings. Have students pretend they are at a party mingling. Direct them to stop socializing when they hear your signal, which can be clapping or ringing a bell.

The students will then deliver their insults to the person facing them. If you teach middle school or high school, ask the class what they think the meanings of the insults are. This game is designated for high school classes that are studying Macbeth. Shakespeare Characters. Being a character in a Shakespearean play rarely ends well, the least they deserve is a little notoriety. You Choose Trivia. Counting Literature Characters. Find Five: Brit Lit. If you're not confident in your British literature, this quiz might be a Comedy of Errors for you.

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