Teaching Shakespeare in London

Teaching Shakespeare in London

Problem

Problem

596000 -624000 Annual New Immigrants to London

There are 300 languages spoken on the streets of London.

Of the 8.6 million people in London, (and growing fast) 38 per cent were born abroad.

With so many immigrants, and so many Non-English speakers, students do not have help academically at home.

Shakespeare is on the curriculum from the age of 13

The area is question

A high majority of the population are from India, Pakistan, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Somalia

Afghanistan - 28.1 percent of this country’s population are literate

Somalia - 37.8 of Somalia’s population is literate.

Teaching English to EAL groups

Teaching English to EAL groups

PreTeaching

story telling - introducing characters

story telling - introducing characters

predictions -  What do you think will happen to two teenagers who love each other but the families hate each other?

predictions -  What do you think will happen to two teenagers who love each other but the families hate each other?

personality quizzes - trying to identify and empathize with characters

personality quizzes - trying to identify and empathize with characters

scenes - guess characters

scenes - guess characters

vocabulary bank

vocabulary bank

While teaching

never use the whole play

never use the whole play

use  only key phrases on a PP with pictures

use  only key phrases on a PP with pictures

Magna Version

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have students write what characters are saying in modern Englsih

have students write in the first language

a little bit of acting

a little bit of acting

freeze frame - how is the character feeling at this point

freeze frame - how is the character feeling at this point

hot seating - interviewing the characters

hot seating - interviewing the characters

finger puppetry

finger puppetry