Shakespeare For All: The Primary School

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This book focuses on teaching Shakespeare to young pupils and deals with issues of interest to all educationalists. It raises questions about the general content of the primary curriculum while underlining the range of teaching strategies which are available to teachers wishing to convey complex ideas to children of all ages and abilities. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Participating Schools Acknowledgements Foreword Background to the RSA Shakespeare Project 1 Shakespeare in the Primary School: Introduction 2 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Enjoyed by One Mixed-ability Class of 8-10-year-olds in a Small Village School 3 A Midsummer Night's Dream in a Multi-cultural Context 4 Bringing Shakespeare to Life through The Tempest AN INTRODUCTION THE BEGINNING THE ELVES MEETING PROSPERO WHO IS CALIBAN? PREPARING FOR THE PERFORMANCE WRITING THE SCRIPT THE PERFORMANCE CONCLUSION EXTRACTS FROM THE SCRIPT EVOLVED BY LADY JANE GREY PRIMARY SCHOOL FROM THE EXPLORATION OF THE TEMPEST 5 'Be not afeard' - Producing The Tempest with Juniors Frank Gallagher, Head Teacher, and teaching staff of Avenue Junior School CONCEPTION THE SCRIPT REHEARSALS MUSIC MOVEMENT AND MUSIC THE MASQUE COSTUMES STAGING, LIGHTING AND TECHNICAL CONCLUSION SCENE PLAN FOR THE TEMPEST 6 The Shakespeare Project - A Whole-School Approach Mike Thompson, Head Teacher, and teaching staff of Kirby Muxloe Primary School INTRODUCTION LOWER AND UPPER JUNIORS 7 King Lear - Making Shakespeare Relevant PRELIMINARY IDEAS PRELIMINARY MEETING WITH ADVISORY TEACHER FOR DRAMA INTRODUCTORY SESSION SESSION TWO SESSION THREE SESSION FOUR CONTINUING TO WORK ON KING LEAR ACTING OUT THE PLAY EXTENDING THE EXPERIENCE PARTICULAR CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE EXPLORATION OF KING LEAR 8 The Casket Makers - The Merchant Of Venice - An Account of Advisory Work at Market Bosworth Primary School WHY CASKET MAKERS? FOCUS FRAME TENSION TASK TEXT OTHERS TEACHER IN ROLE CONVENTIONS 9 A Primary Teacher's View of the Project 10 Keystage Theatre In Education -Macbeth For Primary Schools INTRODUCTION CHOICE OF PLAY VIOLENCE WITCHCRAFT THE TEXT THE STYLE OF PRODUCTION DESIGN MUSIC FORMAL EVALUATION FOLLOW-UP WORK 11 Were the Aims Achieved? An Evaluation THE AIMS OF THE EVALUATION MAIN FINDINGS STAGES IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS AIM OF THE REPORT APPROACHES ADOPTED BY SCHOOLS Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 THE FESTIVAL AND EXHIBITION THE IN-SERVICE DAY FOR TEACHERS FROM PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS THE PERFORMANCES The Keystage Theatre Performance LEARNING IN THE PROJECT What the children learned in the classroom Learning related to performance What the teachers learned Difficulties THE PROJECT AND SHAKESPEARE IN SCHOOLS 12 An RSA Assessment of the Wider Issues Appendix 1: Evaluation of Keystage Theatre's Production of Macbeth Appendix 2: Adapted Script of Macbeth Index