KS3 English - Much Ado in the Classroom
English teachers across west Berkshire are using drama strategies to improve results for the Key Stage 3 Shakespeare paper.
West Berkshire English consultant Frances Gregory believes teachers should teach Shakespeare with plays, not just books, to encourage pupils to write more confidently.
Frances believes Much Ado About Nothing is perfect for drama strategies, with scenes involving conflict between Benedict and Beatrice to which students can relate.
Pip Shaw, head of drama, advises English AST and Shakespeare Schools Festival director Carol Horner to allow pupils to discover the characters for themselves.
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Facebookalsav on 04 December 2007
Great way to approach Shakespeare - I do this kind of thing myself. Last year I got the class to re-set it in modern tim ...
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- Duration: 15:00 minutes
- Published: 05 November 2007
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National Association for the Teaching of English Advice and ideas for teaching the key scenes in Much Ado About Nothing
DCSF Standards Site: Drama in the Key Stage 3 English Framework Download workshop training material, featuring methods for including drama in the Key Stage 3 English Framework
Royal Shakespeare Company: Teaching Shakespeare - time for change This campaign encourages the use of drama techniques to help pupils understand Shakespeare as a performance text
The Shakespeare Schools Festival A unique arts-education initiative enabling young people to perform abridged productions of Shakespeare's most famous plays
QCA: Key Stage 3 Shakespeare consultation The NAA Shakespeare Consultation (2006) considers which of Shakespeare's plays would be most suitable for KS3 assessment
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much ado thankyou!4 December 2007 - 05:17Great way to approach Shakespeare - I do this kind of thing myself. Last year I got the class to re-set it in modern times.
They made scripts in groups and they then presented it to the class.
I filmed it, we watched the clips and then reviewed each other's work.
It worked great!
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