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Tables of Contents for Teaching Shakespeare
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xi
Active methods
xi
2
Teaching Shakespeare: an overview
xiii
1 Why teach Shakespeare?
1
6
Abiding and familiar concerns
2
2
Student development
4
1
Language
5
1
Otherness
6
1
2 Principles
7
19
Treat Shakespeare as a script
7
2
Make Shakespeare learner-centred
9
3
Shakespeare is social
12
1
Shakespeare celebrates imagination
13
3
Shakespeare is physical
16
1
Make Shakespeare exploratory
17
2
Address the distinctive qualities of the play
19
4
Choice and variety
23
1
Shakespeare celebrates plurality
23
2
Negative capability
25
1
Shakespeare is about enjoyment
25
1
3 Perspectives
26
19
Feminism
30
2
Psychoanalysis
32
2
Structuralism
34
2
Deconstruction
36
2
Political perspectives
38
5
Reception theory
43
1
Using perspectives
43
2
4 Shakespeare's language
45
48
Introduction
45
1
Shakespeare's schooling
46
1
Dramatic language
47
4
Imagery
51
1
Personification
52
2
Antithesis
54
1
Repetition
55
4
Rhyme
59
2
Lists
61
5
Verse
66
4
Prose
70
3
Rhetoric
73
3
Bombast
76
1
Hyperbole
77
1
Irony
78
1
Oxymoron
79
2
Puns
81
1
Malapropism
82
1
Monosyllables
83
1
Pronouns
83
2
Changing language
85
2
Inventing language
87
1
Everyday language
88
1
Two types of language
89
1
The development of Shakespeare's language
90
2
The Sonnets
92
1
5 Story
93
16
The story of the play
93
2
Enacting the story
95
6
Stories in the play
101
1
Recapitulating the story
102
2
Point of view narratives
104
1
Ariel's story
104
5
6 Character
109
19
Introduction
109
3
Fundamental questions
112
1
Complexity of character
113
2
Language and character
115
1
Introduction to activities
116
1
Cast the play
116
1
Job interviews
116
1
Absent characters
117
1
This is your life
117
1
Obituaries
118
1
Point of view
118
1
Hot-seating
119
1
Public and private
119
1
Props
120
1
Free-wheeling associations
120
1
List of characters
121
1
Ranking characters
121
1
Journeys through the play
122
2
Relationships
124
1
Exploring character
125
1
Character types
126
1
Character names
127
1
7 Themes
128
10
Introduction
128
2
Four common themes
130
4
Levels
134
1
Particular themes
135
1
Fathers and daughters
136
1
Acting and theatre
136
2
8 Dramatic effect
138
12
Introduction
138
1
Stage directions
139
3
Critical incidents
142
2
Creating atmosphere
144
1
Opening scenes
145
5
9 Active methods
150
74
Content
150
1
The teacher's role
151
5
Organising the classroom
156
1
Introduction to activities
157
1
Acting a scene
158
5
Beginning the play
163
3
Sense units
166
6
Speaking Shakespeare
172
3
Teacher leading
175
4
Five investigations
179
2
Sections and headlines
181
1
Student as director
182
3
Point of view: theory
185
1
Improvisations
185
1
Warm-ups
186
5
A memory game
191
1
Tableaux
192
3
Choral speaking
195
2
Insults
197
3
Using videos
200
5
Trials and inquiries
205
2
Writing and design
207
5
Sequencing
212
1
Shakespeare's life and times
212
2
Theatre visits
214
4
The annual Shakespeare play
218
1
Shakespeare festivals
219
3
Researching the classics
222
1
Other resources
223
1
10 Shakespeare for younger students
224
12
Introduction
224
3
Shakespeare's life and times
227
1
Storytelling
227
1
Dramatic storytelling
228
4
A co-ordinated approach across the curriculum
232
1
A Shakespeare term
233
2
A puppet Macbeth
235
1
11 Assessment
236
11
Process or product?
236
2
Principles
238
2
Student self-assessment
240
1
Assessment of performance
241
1
Essays
242
1
Assessment tasks
243
1
Examinations
244
1
Evaluating a lesson
245
2
Quotations used in the text
247
4
Index
251