Literature Planning
Shakespeare 2010 Teaching Strategy.
Week 1
Introduce the question from the outset.
Understand ‘nature’ of the task
Emphasise the importance of CA
Contextualise Elizabethan life – Utilise PPT (LRi) Social & Hist. Context
Read and watch Prologue and Act 1 Scene 1
Discuss the intended purpose of the scene
Week 2
SECTION 1
Explore the process of essay writing - Writing an introduction to an essay.
SECTION 1 Model – demonstrate mastery
SECTION 2
HOW TO SUMMARISE OUTLINE / CONTEXTUALISE
Explore Tragic Hero Elements – group exploration within the text of examples
Summarising a play
How is Romeo introduced in the opening Act?
SECTION 2 Model – demonstrate mastery H/W
Week 3
SECTION 3
Exploration of the Prologue. – Annotation / Discursive Work
Work in pairs – pupils rewrite into ‘modern language’ the prologue. Understanding
What information does it reveal?
SECTION 3 Model – demonstrate mastery H/W
Week 4
SECTION 4
Lines 1 -115 Read - Explore - Annotate
SECTION 4 Model – demonstrate mastery H/W
SECTION 5
Lines 116-155 Read – Explore - Annotate
SECTION 5 Model – demonstrate mastery H/W
Week 5
SECTION 6
Lines 156 to end of scene. Romeo enters the stage
Read – Explore – Annotate
SECTION 6 Model – demonstrate mastery H/W
Week 6
Writing a Conclusion – Model – Demonstrate Mastery
Week 7
Planning a Response
How to do you plan for this question for a CA
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