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Children can collect items to use in their own version of the potion which can then also be chanted together. You can also write these items into your own version of the spell. If you’re brave, you could sing it to your class once they’re in the door and sitting down. But I’ve never been that brave. Having a fun introductory Shakespearean insults activity is a great hook to get students engaged, but moving on from there is your goal for your students. Below are some ways to build on the lesson:

Challenge pupils to use a prefix or suffix in new ways to create words. For example, which words could they create if someone took away their bike (‘unbiked’ or ‘bikeless’)? Pounce a portrait Children of this age have a natural predilection for rhythm, rhyme and storytelling. These elements are inherent to Shakespeare’s work and are an excellent hook into the plays. Get physicalLooking for gifts for Shakespeare fans who love Hamlet? If so, this Hamlet Book Enamel Pin is the perfect choice! The DfE’s Shakespeare For All Ages and Stages publication suggests that storytelling, improvisation and role play be the focus of KS1 work. KS2 work can develop aspects of performance and dramatic approaches with cultural visits encouraged. ‘Whoosh’ activity I must tell you friendly in your ear, sell when you can, you are not for all markets. ( As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 5) Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood. ( King Lear, Act 2, Scene 4)

And finally, another excellent gift is this Lit in Literature mug. Everything from the Shakespeare image wearing sunglasses to the phrase contributes to making this mug one that Shakespeare fans everywhere will enjoy! do a class slideshow presentation with each student contributing their best insult to the slideshow and then watching it at the end of the lesson or the end of the unit. And laughing. This book offers up more than 150,000 mix-and-match insults taken from the bard’s own words. Flip through the book to combine Shakespeare’s most pointed barbs in your own creative and hilarious way! It also features an informative introduction on Shakespeare and on his terms and phrases included in the book, so you’ll find it to be an insightful and funny gift all in one. He is deformed, crooked, old and sere, /Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; /Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; /Stigmatical in making, worse in mind.” This Shakespeare Book Puzzle is another excellent gift, especially for Shakespeare lovers who also enjoy puzzling!Achieve this effectively with a ‘Whoosh’. To do this activity, ask everyone to stand in a circle. Next, read a synopsis of the play. By taking small pieces from his plays and experimenting with the language, your children will soon be producing sonnet-worthy work. See how educational trainer and writer Pie Corbett taught Shakespeare to Y5… Session 1 – Shall I compare thee to a bacon butty?

When you’re looking for cool Shakespeare gifts, this Hamlet glass is an excellent choice! This glass is 11 oz. and features artwork from the 1603 first quarto printing of Hamlet (including the text of the “To be, or not to be” speech), which definitely makes it a unique glass that any Shakespeare fan would enjoy. A weasel hath not such a deal of spleen as you are toss’d with. ( Henry IV, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 3) William Shakespeare was a master wordsmith and his plays featured language that we still use today. His writing contained many insults and cutting remarks that would make people wince even now! Conjuring up spooky castle battlements and adding actions (a stab through the curtain to kill Polonius!) really immersed my class in the story; you could hear a pin drop.

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For the final session, I read the children the wonderful version of Macbeth in Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield. Conduct’ the orchestra to create your soundscape. Ask for volunteers to take turns to conduct. Write a poem This Shakespeare game for adults includes 100 questions and 375 answers taken word-for-word from the works of William Shakespeare. To be profane, or not to be? Your choice as you choose the card to answer a prompt with, just like in Cards Against Humanity! A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act 2, Scene 1) 9. “I must tell you friendly in your ear, sell when you can, you are not for all markets.” After creating your soundscape, use the sounds and emotions explored as the starting point for a simple three-line poem.