Our first Shakespeare Club week was a huge success, so we were all looking forward to this week, assuming it would be equally fab. Unfortunately it really wasn’t. I think this was due to many different reasons: All five children and their mothers (ie me and Lorna) were exhausted from the week before. Honestly, I……
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Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 5
Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 1 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 2 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 3 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 4 Shakespeare Biographical Work (10 mins) Read out-loud Act I, scene 5: Hyperbole, Oxymoron and Made Up Words from the following Shakespeare book: Midsummer Night’s Dream Act IV, Scene I-II (80 mins) We listened to the following BBC3 production……
Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 4
Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 1 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 2 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 3 Shakespeare Biographical Work (10 mins) Read out-loud Act I, scene 4: Shakespeare Attends School from the following Shakespeare book: Midsummer Night’s Dream Act IV, Scene I-II (50 mins) Read and Listen to Act IV (about 25 mins) We listened to the……
Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 3
Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 1 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 2 Shakespeare Biographical Work (10 mins) Read out-loud Act I, scene 3: John Shakespeare Takes his Son to His First Play from the following Shakespeare book: Midsummer Night’s Dream Act III, Scene I-III (80 mins) Yesterday we had forgone the audio and just watched the video,……
Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 2
For Day 1 see here Shakespeare Biographical Work (10 mins) Read out-loud Act 1, scene 2: John Shakespeare supports his Growing Family from the following Shakespeare book: Language study Iambic pentameter (20 mins) Iambic pentameter is something I remember struggling to get my head round as a teen yet as an adult it seems so……
Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 1
Pre study The children read Midsummer Night’s Dream from the following books to familiarise themselves with the story: I also bought this beautiful book. The pictures are mesmerising and the story well told. It was really important that the children completely understood the story of this play because their project would be based on Midsummer……
The Summer Shakespeare Club: PBL Choices
We have just completed our first Shakespeare club week and, whilst it is hard work, everyone is laughing lots and thoroughly enjoying themselves. It has definitely been worth all the hours I’ve put in over the past four weeks. Each afternoon the guys work for a couple of hours on their projects. As you know……
A Summer Shakespeare Club: Meeting the Members
Lorna Lorna is certifiably nuts, which is just perfect for this year’s summer adventure. We have known each other since the older children were little but it has only been in the last two years that we have grown close. Our families get together every Friday for baked potatoes and toppings, and each week we……
A Summer Shakespeare Club: Adventure Box
We’ve been making summer adventure boxes for years. They are so useful for building anticipation as the children gleefully watch them fill up with goodies over the preceding weeks. We already had most of the book resources (I often buy resources a year or two in advance) and we always keep a well stocked dressing……
Summer Shakespeare Club: Making Club T-Shirts
So, my initial email went something like this: What do you think about letting the guys choose a design to transfer (iron on) onto a white t shirts so they have Shakespeare club t shirts? You and I could have one as well?? Thoughts? Cx To which Lorna replied: One of the days we do……
A Shakespeare Summer Club: Project Based Learning
I mentioned in my last post that the children will be doing some Shakespeare based PBL. PBL works very well in our household, not maybe as our main way to home school, but definitely as an important extra. I thought I would give a bit more detail as to what I will be expecting over……
A Summer Shakespeare Club: Introduction
I am always surprised when I hear young people saying they think Shakespeare is boring. To me he was one of the wittiest people to walk this earth. It is this sense of fun and his intelligent repartee which I hope to share with the children this summer. We have all been impatiently waiting for……
South America: Cookie Map
I use the same cookie dough recipe every time I make a cookie map or gingerbread house. It makes a very hard, solid biscuit which can be rolled very thin and still remain in tact after baking. It tastes good as well! Dough for Map Making Gather: 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1/2 cup caster sugar……
South America Unit Study: Where in the world?
I used as many ways as I could come up with to reinforce their previous knowledge of the Polar regions as well as teaching them where in the world South America was. Wall Map The first place to go was the huge wall map. I first asked the girls to point out where the Arctic……
South America Unit Study: Summer Adventure Box
I have already outlined my plans for my youngest two for this summer, and you will know that I am having a lot of help from my mum, Sarah and Lorna (Aren’t I blessed?). This Summer Adventure Box needed to be extra special for just that reason. There will be more people than just me……