Shakespeare and the Young Writer


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Shakespeare and the Young Writer presents fascinating and impressive accounts of primary school children encountering Shakespeare's work for the first time.Fred Sedgwick shows how careful selection of scenes, lines and images from the plays and sonnets - in their original language - can be used to great effect as the starting point for children's writing. Examples of children's work show just how powerful the stimulus can be. The book will be of great value to all teachers looking for new ideas to improve their practice in teaching literacy.
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Typically Shakespeare's writings are considered suitable for high school audiences. Those brave enough to try it with primary school audiences generally "dumb it down" by using abridged versions with simplified language. This, of course, defeats the purpose, as Shakespeare's genius is in his use of language, the plots being incidental. Fred Sedgewick makes "real" Shakespeare clear and exciting to understand and teach. He encourages the same kind of word play with his students as Shakespeare himself was famous for. This book is more than a manual to teach children to write and appreciate these great works, it is also a motivating book for teachers interested in adding a new aspect to their language arts classroom.Most of the consumer Reviews tell that the "Shakespeare and the Young Writer" are high quality item. You can read each testimony from consumers to find out cons and pros from Shakespeare and the Young Writer ...

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