{"product_id":"9781788038928","title":"Making Shakespeare Relevant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'In a sense, Lighthill is doing Shakespeare the favour of taking him outside the formidable corral of literature and building links with life...Teachers looking for a lively way of engaging students in the text will find this book useful, practical and motivational...Lighthill's book has a justified place on the English Departments shelf: it provides a practical and thematic introduction to the plays and what they make us think about contemporary issues'. \u003cp\u003e- Peter Thomas, Principle AQA Examiner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 30 lesson plans in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaking Shakespeare Relevant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e provide a practical introduction for students to think about contemporary issues in parallel with the character's journey and development in Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaking Shakespeare Relevant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is designed to take the worry out of Will - and make the themes and issues Shakespeare is exploring relevant to the student's own lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach scheme of work in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaking Shakespeare Relevant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e can stand alone and starts with an interactive story telling of one of the three plays (the three stories are included). Each subsequent lesson plan has a clearly stated objective followed by about 50-55 minutes worth of activities (to be honest, more than you need). And as each lesson plan is displayed on a separate page, it can be easily photocopied by the teacher. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter each lesson plan Brian has included notes which might be helpful in the delivery of the lesson. He has also provided a list of Power Points needed and finally, on a separate page, a Home Thinking\/Home Work exercise which might be given out to the students by the teacher. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a Headteacher, who observed Brian's work over three years wrote, 'Having witnessed Brian's lessons I can recommend the work as a novel approach for groups studying Shakespeare as part of a course in English Literature or for teaching Personal and Social Development. Either way, it will be hard for your students not to be infected with a deeper understanding and love of Shakespeare' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian has tried to make \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaking Shakespeare Relevant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e as user friendly as possible for you overworked teachers...hopefully he has succeeded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Troubador Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051859230960,"sku":"9781788038928","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781788038928_p0.jpg?v=1763739040","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781788038928","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}