- All students left bags and shoes in the hall. Gives space and safety.
- Sets out easy straight-forward rules about listening and working.
- High energy warm-up and ideas. Nothing complex.
- Warm up bodies and listening.
- Jump, clap, go, stop
- Used Romeo and Juliet not listening to switch rules.
- Gives examples of using your whole body with Love and Hate
- Uses lines from R&J to have kids doing Shakespeare
- “My only love sprung from my only hate”
- Connects line with individual feelings
- Has students elaborate on ideas and thoughts even in simple words
- Big movements and voices
- When kids get distracted they sat down to focus and quiet down
- Keeps reminding kids of speaking one at a time
- Always very encouraging too.
- Kids pair off: A & B
- Capulets vs Montagues~ intimidation with strength not volume
- “Do you bite your thumb sir?”
- “I do bite my thumb sir!”
- Kids face off to show a fighting stance
- clearly illustrates the opening scene of R & J as a fight to the kids
- Kids describe the feelings in the scene and why Shakespeare would create plays that started so fiercely.
- Kids beat out the lines on the floor to hear the cadence and rhythm
- Why are the words so short (one syllable): “They are shorter and more fierce.”
- Describe the characters and therefore describe the relationships between the characters.
- Tybalt is a firey character “Peace I hate the word…”
- If he sees Romeo across the room he will want to kill him
- Tactics ‘yes’ and ‘no’
- Body movement tactics only~ no words
- Moved on to using actual lines of text: “Uncle this is a Montague” “Gentle cus, let him alone.”
- Each activity is only a couple of minutes long or so
- Each student is then given a short peace of Shakespearean script in order to elaborate the scene
- Towards and away making big decisions with the text
- Kids explain why they chose the move towards or away
- Script text is short and print is big
- Tried scene with conflicting objectives
- Make eye contact, avoid eye contact ~ then switch
- Kids explained what the words meant and where they felt they HAD to make eye contact to create a “fierce moment”
- Kids translated text as well
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