Shakespeare: Symbols and Colors

[Anna J. Small Roseboro]

Shakespeare Out Loud and In Color!

Looking for ideas to enhance your teaching of Shakespeare plays like Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth  in ways that appeal to the multiple intelligences? Looking for ideas that provide be formative and/or summative?  Want to keep it fun while assuring yourself that students are getting an in depth experience with these classic works of literature?  Here are ideas included in my Shakespeare Out Loud and In Color presentation at the Shakespeare Connects conference sponsored by Grand Valley State University. Links to others follow.

See slides on Shakespeare Out Loud in Color (in pdf) from workshop and/or choose from links below for specific strategies in handout form.

 *** Masks from paper plates to show with symbols and colors the personalities of characters (Described in slide show mentioned above)

    *** Music to reflect mood and character - Romeo and Juliet Final Project - Music Option

***Romeo and Juliet- Act V - Newspaper Project about incidents in the play

*** Lazy sonnets to sum up "what's happening!" (Described in slide show mentioned above)

***Pantoum - Write a poem that portrays a scene, a theme, a character

 Johnny Cash Sings Macbeth