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Shakespeare for all : an account of the RSA Shakespeare in schools project / edited by Maurice Gilmour.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Gilmour, Maurice, editor.
Series:
Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Drama in education.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching (Secondary).
Shakespeare, William.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching (Primary).
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching--Great Britain.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (162 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
London, [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Summary:
This book focuses on teaching Shakespeare to young pupils and deals with issues of interest to all educationalists. It raises questions about the general content of the primary curriculum while underlining the range of teaching strategies which are available to teachers wishing to convey complex ideas to children of all ages and abilities.
Contents:
Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Participating Schools
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Background to the RSA Shakespeare Project
1 Shakespeare in the Primary School: Introduction
2 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Enjoyed by One Mixed-ability Class of 8-10-year-olds in a Small Village School
3 A Midsummer Night's Dream in a Multi-cultural Context
4 Bringing Shakespeare to Life through The Tempest
AN INTRODUCTION
THE BEGINNING
THE ELVES
MEETING PROSPERO
WHO IS CALIBAN?
PREPARING FOR THE PERFORMANCE
WRITING THE SCRIPT
THE PERFORMANCE
CONCLUSION
EXTRACTS FROM THE SCRIPT EVOLVED BY LADY JANE GREY PRIMARY SCHOOL FROM THE EXPLORATION OF THE TEMPEST
5 'Be not afeard' - Producing The Tempest with Juniors Frank Gallagher, Head Teacher, and teaching staff of Avenue Junior School
CONCEPTION
THE SCRIPT
REHEARSALS
MUSIC
MOVEMENT AND MUSIC
THE MASQUE
COSTUMES
STAGING, LIGHTING AND TECHNICAL
SCENE PLAN FOR THE TEMPEST
6 The Shakespeare Project - A Whole-School Approach Mike Thompson, Head Teacher, and teaching staff of Kirby Muxloe Primary School
INTRODUCTION
LOWER AND UPPER JUNIORS
7 King Lear - Making Shakespeare Relevant
PRELIMINARY IDEAS
PRELIMINARY MEETING WITH ADVISORY TEACHER FOR DRAMA
INTRODUCTORY SESSION
SESSION TWO
SESSION THREE
SESSION FOUR
CONTINUING TO WORK ON KING LEAR
ACTING OUT THE PLAY
EXTENDING THE EXPERIENCE
PARTICULAR CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE EXPLORATION OF KING LEAR
8 The Casket Makers - The Merchant Of Venice - An Account of Advisory Work at Market Bosworth Primary School
WHY CASKET MAKERS?
FOCUS
FRAME
TENSION
TASK
TEXT
OTHERS
TEACHER IN ROLE
CONVENTIONS
9 A Primary Teacher's View of the Project.
10 Keystage Theatre In Education -Macbeth For Primary Schools
CHOICE OF PLAY
VIOLENCE
WITCHCRAFT
THE TEXT
THE STYLE OF PRODUCTION
DESIGN
FORMAL EVALUATION
FOLLOW-UP WORK
11 Were the Aims Achieved? An Evaluation
THE AIMS OF THE EVALUATION
MAIN FINDINGS
STAGES IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS
AIM OF THE REPORT
APPROACHES ADOPTED BY SCHOOLS
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 2
THE FESTIVAL AND EXHIBITION
THE IN-SERVICE DAY FOR TEACHERS FROM PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
THE PERFORMANCES
The Keystage Theatre Performance
LEARNING IN THE PROJECT
What the children learned in the classroom
Learning related to performance
What the teachers learned
Difficulties
THE PROJECT AND SHAKESPEARE IN SCHOOLS
12 An RSA Assessment of the Wider Issues
Appendix 1: Evaluation of Keystage Theatre's Production of Macbeth
Appendix 2: Adapted Script of Macbeth
Index.
Notes:
Includes index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 12, 2016).
ISBN:
9781474247603
1474247601
OCLC:
947129352

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