As You Like It: Some Activities for the Seven Ages of Man Speech and Beyond

Submitted by scotese on Sun, 2008-11-23 10:32
Teaching Level: 
High School

from the Folger's 7 stages of man stained glass windowThe first "handout" that you will find here is actually a set of tickets.  You can give these tickets to students as they walk in the door - each of them has a different "age" from the Seven Ages of Man speech.  They also have a letter (in this case "A", but you should also use Word and make a "B" & "C" set of tickets as well).  The next handout is actually a cartoon from The New Yorker and is a humorous and modern take on the Seven Ages of Man.  You can use this to have students brainstorm (in their A,B,C groups) on their own modern versions of the 7 Ages.

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Fun activities

Submitted by kthomas5 on Fri, 2010-01-08 11:52.

I think that my students will enjoy the 7 Ages of Man activities and cartoon.  I saw them enjoying Shakespeare more as we read more of Macbeth and they realized how relevant his writing is.  Now it's time for a comedy!