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Richard III
Lessons and projects by students and teachers on Shakespeare's play: Richard III.
Looking for Shakespeare: Movie questions to accompany Al Pacino's movie, Looking for Richard
I was lucky enough to see this film at its premeire at an NCTE meeting that was held in Chicago. Al Pacino was there - and he was introduced by the late Chicago film critic Gene Siskel. The standing ovation that he received at the end of the movie - was well deserved and I think that my students' (and my own) appreciation for Looking for Richard has just grown in the following years. It really does encapsulate the ideas of the Folger Library and Peggy O'Brien in a wonderful, engaging way. It is also a great movie to show students before they put on their own Shakespeare scenes - to give them an idea of coming to an understanding of the text - through performance. I have listed this under Macbeth as we show this movie when students are first getting together to practice their Macbeth scenes.
Shakespeare's Warrior kings
This Stage 5 unit is designed as an introductory unit to Shakespeare focusing on his representation of the warrior kings. Students begin by exploring Shakespeare’s context through a web quest, a CD-ROM and the documentary In Search of Shakespeare. The students will closely examine some of the key extracts from the plays to appreciate the textual details and features, rhythm and the perspective. The students will explore others’ perspectives of the kings and how ideas and information can be constructed.
Exploring Rhythm in Richard III
Shakespeare's use of iambic pentameter - and, importantly, his breaks in the meter - affect meaning a great deal throughout his plays. We will use the famous 'Richard woos Lady Anne' scene to demonstrate how Shakespeare (and Richard III himself) use rhythm to show dramatic tension and shifts of power in the scene.
