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Old Lady English Teacher
United States - Georgia - Atlanta
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Possibly the best film ever made of a Shakespearean play is Kenneth Branagh's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. The video makes an excellent resource for ...
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ROMEO AND JULIET is frequently audiotaped, videorecorded and filmed. In his 1996 movie version of Shakespeare's play, Baz Luhrmann brought the B...
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Teachers frequently wish to expose their students to filmed versions of the literature they study, especially when the film gives students visual...
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Hamlet has been appearing in films for over 100 years. While many versions are available for classroom use, Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 film is a g...
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These two worksheets were created to give students hands-on experience in locating and understanding examples of imagery in poetry and drama. Us...
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PLAY ON! is a unique guide for teachers who wish to engage their middle- and high-school students across the language arts curriculum through the...
Learning to analyze a short story isn’t easy. Students require assistance in breaking down a story into its basic elements. Questions most f...
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This guide is designed for use with Ang Lee's 1995 filmed adaptation of Jane Austen's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. Teachers who use this guide can ex...
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The easiest way to paralyze a teenager is to tell him to clean his room. Faced with such a monumental mission, he becomes powerless. ...
Put a little fun into LITTLE WOMEN test review with a word search covering main characters and key plot points of the novel. This review contain...
Few film adaptations of literary works are as lush as the 1985 Merchant-Ivory production of E. M. Forster’s A ROOM WITH A VIEW. Faithful in m...
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FEEDBACK
Lori Trekas
Thanks for sharing!
May 5, 2013
jrgaudreau
difficult for my 7th graders but I can see it working for older students
April 28, 2013
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
Shakespeare's language certainly requires effort and can be discouraging for younger readers --and, to be truthful, for older ones, too. I hope your students were not put off by this exercise, and were able to apply their understanding of both the cheerful and the gloomy words to one of the assignments suggested in the teacher's notes. My goal with Shakespeare is always to have students feel accomplishment in at least tackling his text to the point that they gain confidence and prowess with each attempt. I hope this was and will be the case for your 7th graders.
Many, many thanks for your feedback --
The Old Lady
Many, many thanks for your feedback --
The Old Lady
May 3, 2013 
donnab368
Loved it! This was fun and interesting as well as informative
April 26, 2013
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
I'm so happy this worked out for your students. Kids seem to either love this film or hate it; it's great when they can articulate and explain their reactions.
Many thanks for your feedback. I do appreciate it.
The Old Lady
Many thanks for your feedback. I do appreciate it.
The Old Lady
April 26, 2013
summitview
Wow! Love this! Ready to go....all I had to do was make sure students knew format required on the personal response. So grateful....
April 2, 2013
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
Hurray! I'm so happy this worked for your students, and that they followed your guidelines for the personal response, just as they should. Hope this guide continues to be a worthwhile resource for many years to come. Many thanks for your feedback.
All the best,
The Old Lady
All the best,
The Old Lady
April 3, 2013
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
Wonderful! I wish you many happy performances.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady
March 28, 2013
katiebe
Excellent companion to K Branagh's film.
January 27, 2013
Dana Donovan
Looks like a good resource, but feels lengthy.
January 4, 2013
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
It is hefty, isn't it? Over half the guide's substance is teacher notes and the key, but that still leaves sixteen pages available for student use. Fortunately, you can utilize all or part of the guide, depending on your classroom needs and available time. If you have no interest in having students analyze two of the film's poems, chuck those pages entirely. If you only need to hold students' attention for the film's duration -- this especially applies if you are using the guide as an emergency sub plan -- have them only fill out the Venn diagram. Need material for ye olde five-paragraph persuasive essay? Have them complete the entire guide and then treat the last page as space for a rough draft evaluating Lee's film as an adaptation of Austen's novel, or use their pre- and post-viewing answers on characterization to rate the actors' best and worst performances as Austen's characters. Don't need any more essays to grade? Choose some or all of the post-viewing questions for small-group or whole-class discussions.
I always hate having to use printed materials that try to force my students (and me!) to think a particular way or come up with pat answers. I hope you will find that this video guide is a resource flexible enough to serve your instructional purposes. I'd love to hear how it works out for you.
Good luck!
The Old Lady
I always hate having to use printed materials that try to force my students (and me!) to think a particular way or come up with pat answers. I hope you will find that this video guide is a resource flexible enough to serve your instructional purposes. I'd love to hear how it works out for you.
Good luck!
The Old Lady
January 7, 2013
schatelier
Wonderful!
December 26, 2012
Morgan Huntzinger (TpT Seller)
This is a great investment! It went so well with what I had been teaching my students and made the video much more accessible.
December 12, 2012
sludwig
Just what I was looking for! Common Core compatible.
November 19, 2012
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
Oh, dear, I missed your kind comment back in November. Should I blame those darn cyber-gremlins again?
I'm so happy this guide worked for you. This is such a beautiful film and it ties in so well with the novel.
All the best,
The Old Lady
I'm so happy this guide worked for you. This is such a beautiful film and it ties in so well with the novel.
All the best,
The Old Lady
May 5, 2013
kebells
What a wonderful resouce. It's very thorough; it took me some time to get through all the information! Looking forward to revamping my Shakespeare unit! Thank so much for all of your hard work!! I know the kids will love it!
August 21, 2012
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
Don't know how I missed your message. Belated thanks for your kind words. I hope your kids are enjoying being Shakespearean players. There's little to top that experience!
The Old Lady
The Old Lady
March 28, 2013
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
You're so welcome. Please let me know how this guide worked in your classroom.
Have a great year!
The Old Lady
Have a great year!
The Old Lady
August 13, 2012
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
I'm so happy that you like this book. I am a huge believer in performance as an instructional method for learners of all types and levels. Believe me, your students will show you the benefits in surprising ways all year long!
April 26, 2012
rogerfederer
Really great !!!
March 30, 2012
Brandon Lewter (TpT Seller)
This is an incredible activity which will greatly enhance showing the Lurhmann version of Romeo and Juliet. I really like to show my classes this version but have struggled with the idea because I've never had a meaningful assignment to give along with it. Now I do!
March 21, 2011
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
Hi, Brandon --
Belated thanks for your kind comment. Films are great classroom tools when kids are actively engaged with them, and I'm happy that my guide is working for your students.
Best wishes --
The Old Lady
Belated thanks for your kind comment. Films are great classroom tools when kids are actively engaged with them, and I'm happy that my guide is working for your students.
Best wishes --
The Old Lady
November 14, 2011
resslerbillion
What an engaging gem! My students are connecting with the words, the action, and the curriculum.
February 12, 2010
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Lynn Taylor (TpT Seller) re: Play On! Shakespeare for Classroom Performance
Could you be more specific about the plays? I am looking for an adapted romeo and Juliet for my new 9th grade esl class. Thanks in advance!
February 22, 2013
Old Lady English Teacher (TpT Seller)
Hi, Lynn --
I'm out of town today and so don't have immediate access to my Play On! text, but I know there are no scenes from R&J in it. I used scenes from other plays -- Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Henry V, Richard IIII among them -- to allow my students to apply the skills they learned from their R&J study to other examples of Shakespearean drama.
Hope this helps. I can give you a more specific answer late tomorrow.
Many thanks for your inquiry --
The Old Lady
I'm out of town today and so don't have immediate access to my Play On! text, but I know there are no scenes from R&J in it. I used scenes from other plays -- Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Henry V, Richard IIII among them -- to allow my students to apply the skills they learned from their R&J study to other examples of Shakespearean drama.
Hope this helps. I can give you a more specific answer late tomorrow.
Many thanks for your inquiry --
The Old Lady
February 22, 2013
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
From 1991-20007, I worked as a substitute, part-time and full-time teacher in public schools in Northern Virginia and Atlanta.
MY TEACHING STYLE
"To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion." Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
B.A., Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA Course work towards Virginia state certification in secondary English, University of Virginia, NVA Center. Inservices, workshops and seminars too numerous to count. Blissful weeks at Charleston Farmhouse, the home of Vanessa Bell in East Sussex, for the Charleston Summer School and Festivals.
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