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Fun Trivia Quiz: Romeo and Juliet
Because of the mechanical errors in this online interactive quiz, you probably won't want to assign it to your class. However, it could be useful to get ideas for your own reading comprehension quiz on Romeo and Juliet.
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All that Glitters...with William Shakespeare
This Fun Trivia online interactive quiz could be useful if you teach a Shakespeare class; however, its use is limited given that it covers numerous plays and specifically requires identifying works based on quotes referencing gold and...
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From Start to Finish: Shakespeare's Plays
This online interactive quiz is too low-quality to assign to your class; however, you may want to adapt the idea of recognizing starts and finishes of works for your own lesson or quiz. An example from the worksheet is: "When shall we...
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Billy's Most Quotable Quotes: Shakespeare Lines and Quotes: Fun Trivia Quiz
Few teachers cover multiple Shakespeare plays in one year unless they teach a class on the Bard, so a quiz on multiple plays may have limited appeal. Despite this, it may be useful to you in planning your own quotation quiz.
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A Big Shakespearean Bash
If you teach a Shakespeare class, this online interactive quiz might be useful as it tests the ability to match quotes with characters from numerous plays.
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Othello - The Moor of Venice
The Tragedy of Othello is a tragedy indeed. Answer these 10 multiple-choice questions about the horrific events that occur in the Bard's play.
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Cymbeline Quiz
Twenty multiple-choice questions confirm how much your readers remember of William Shakespeare's Cymbeline. Questions cover basic plot and characters.
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Murderous Macbeth
Focus on the murders that occur in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth. What are the motivations, and who dies? See what your readers recall with this quiz.
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Shakespeare's Macbeth: Fun Trivia Quiz
Online quizzes can be fun for readers to test their basic understanding. This Fun Trivia quiz on Macbeth asks ten reading comprehension questions; however, it does not require any analysis. Additionally, anyone can create a quiz at Fun...
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The Taming of the Shrew: Fun Trivia Quiz
I don't recommend you use this online, interactive quiz as a class assignment (it lacks rigor and has typos); however, if your class wants to self-assess their basic understanding of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, this Fun Trivia...
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Titus Andronicus Part I
These reading comprehension questions focus mainly on the characters in William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. There are no trick questions; they are fairly basic.
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Sound Effects
Students listen carefully so they can say their "part" during a reading of a Cinderella story. In this listening and speaking lesson, students saying their "part" on cue during a reading of a familiar story. They actively listen to the...
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Technology Rich Native American Unit
Student groups retell stories from Iroquois storytellers. They role-play Iroquois women, men and children and explain their roles. They read "Knots on a Counting Rope" and make up their own stories. They create timelines. They visit a...
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Japanese Noh Masks
Students examine Japanese theatre and create their own face masks which display certain emotions, props, costumes and perform in improvisational theatrical games.
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Key Stage One
Students are introduced to the world of theatre through storytelling and drama whilst exploring the theme of friendship. They discuss what theatre is. Students work in groups, each group focuses on a different activities. They read...
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Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations
Students explore the various rhythmic combinations in jazz and blues music. They watch a video segment, apply a mathematical formula to calculate the number of possible rhythmic combinations, and perform a combination of notes and...
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Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations
High schoolers observe that there are myriad combinations of rhythms to choose from when improvising jazz and blues music, and recognize that while the variations seem infinite, they are in fact finite. They notate a 12 bar blues...
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Hyperbole Lesson Plans: Ideas for the Art of Exaggeration
Hyperbole lesson plans and ideas that make figurative language instruction relevant to students' lives. Discover how to help learners better understand the figurative concept of hyperbole. A fantastic article which includes multiple web...
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Victorian Historians
Take the class back in time to the Victorian Era! The resource provides a plethora of activities that create experiences for scholars in class. Some activities include a fun fair, viewing the starry-night painting, and even experiencing...
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Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome Unit Plan
Students make two T charts, one for Sparta and one for Athens, showing pros and cons for living in either city-state. They use the physical information from the map and the cultural captions given for Athens and Sparts to come to their...
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Electricity
Learners explore where electricity comes from and how it is used in their everyday lives. Through discussion and hands-on activities, they define electricity and explain how it travels to our homes. Students make informed choices based...
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Telling Our Own Stories
Explore online profiles and social media with your middle and high school classes. Use blogs to inspire your class to craft a well-written, thoughtful response to a prompt you give. A few example prompts are given.
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Matilda - Throwing the Hammer
Full truth, or an exaggeration? How can you tell when a storyteller is exaggerating a story? Readers analyze a story told by Hortensia, and identify the exaggerative language she uses. Then, learners write their own narrative story using...
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Belonging and Identity
Students participate in a class in which they eat in different social groups. As a class, they discuss the importance of eating a healthy diet and how some foods are harmful to some but not to others. They use the internet to research...