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Julius Caesar or Taming of the Shrew
Started this discussion. Last reply by Denise Stewart Mar 4, 2010. 25 Replies 0 Likes
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Denise Stewart replied to Becky Timberlake's discussion 'Julius Caesar or Taming of the Shrew'
I was given a SDAIE English class a few years ago where I had to teach Julius Caesar. All of my students had only had about 2 years of English which of course raised my anxiety level even more. As things turned out, it was a great learning…
Chris Hale replied to Becky Timberlake's discussion 'Julius Caesar or Taming of the Shrew'
I think the issue with Taming of the Shrew is not that it is terribly difficult to understand, but rather the idea that it is the most mysoginistic play of the Shakepearean canon. I used to teach Taming quite a bit (never really liked JC), but I…
Katarina Vanderpole replied to Becky Timberlake's discussion 'Julius Caesar or Taming of the Shrew'
I'm in eighth grade in for accelerated english, we read, preformed, and discussed The Taming of the Shrew. I loved the play and it was so much fun preforming for my fellow classmates. If you're fellow teachers think it is too difficult for…
John Sweeney replied to Becky Timberlake's discussion 'Julius Caesar or Taming of the Shrew'
for just a ton of stuff, both technical and otherwise you should go to the Folger Shakespeare site. look under their lesson plans for both plays. good tech tools as well. also try and find the very old you tube clip of tel toro and streep doing kate…
Suzanne Culver replied to Becky Timberlake's discussion 'Julius Caesar or Taming of the Shrew'
If you want to go completely "old school" all the way back to the 1980s...check out an episode of the Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd TV show Moonlighting. The episode is called "Atomic Shakespeare" and I believe it was from the…
Anthony VonBank replied to Becky Timberlake's discussion 'Julius Caesar or Taming of the Shrew'
I teach both, to ninth graders, as part of a lit circle project. My small groups get through both with little trouble, largely on thier own. We do this after we have finished Romeo & Juliet. I think any Shakespeare is challenging because of the…
Tracy Matozzo replied to Becky Timberlake's discussion 'Julius Caesar or Taming of the Shrew'
Although some people are not fans, you may want to investigate Barnes and Noble who carry Sparksnotes versions of Shakespearean plays. We use them in our lower level English classes and they are helpful. Perfection learning also creates parallel…
Jeffrey Niles Eaglin replied to Becky Timberlake's discussion 'Julius Caesar or Taming of the Shrew'
Julius Caesar is okay, but we overkill tragedy in our educational system. I taught Taming of the Shrew to an AP class about six years ago. They loved it! The story, as you probably know, is a little raunchy but students were mature. In addition, in…
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- At 6:02pm on January 17, 2009,
Jack said… - Hi Becky. I was wondering if you and your students would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. If not, perhaps you have some educator contacts you could direct me to. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
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