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Why Do We Still Study Shakespeare?
Kind of Activity:
Classwide Discussion
Objective:
Students will investigate their own vocabulary and literary archive to investigate why Shakespeare's work is still tauhgt.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1
Structure:
Many students, probably after a long night trying to understand Shakespeare's Elizabethan English, may be wondering why anyone even bothers reading Shakespeare anymore. Ask students why they think he is still so prevalent, then ask what they know about Shakespeare already. What plays have they read? What movies based on Shakespeare plays have they seen? Watch this YouTube video from the New York...
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