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The first day of school can be tough for teachers and students alike. Make the day easier with these tips from Deborah Gascon, a high school English teacher in South Carolina. Deborah shares how she has successfully incorporated Folger performance methods in her lesson plans to get students up on their feet, laughing and learning. These practical activity ideas will leave you confident and invigorated. | |
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We’re proud of the 30-year milestone that the Teaching Shakespeare Institute reached this year, proud of the impact it’s made on American education since the first summer institute in 1984, and proud of the latest crop of teachers to go through our program! We’d like to share some photos of the 25 educators who spent a fruitful four weeks at the Folger this summer. | |
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The Folger's performance-based teaching approach is founded on exactly the kind of close reading demanded by the new Common Core standards. But what about the other strand, the idea of evidence-based argument? Josh Cabat, who currently serves as Chair of English for the Roslyn Public Schools in New York, explores some ways to bring this essential activity into our study of Shakespeare. | |
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Now that Shakespeare's poems have joined his plays on Folger Digital Texts, the complete works of Shakespeare as edited by the Folger Shakespeare Library are available online for free. Will your class be studying Shakespeare's sonnets this year? Folger Digital Texts is an excellent resource for reading, doing word searches, and downloading the text as a PDF. Plus, check our website for lesson plans and activity ideas. | |
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Performance helps bring Shakespeare alive, and listening to his words being spoken brings them off the page and into a new relevance for students. The Folger Shakespeare Library has launched a new series of Shakespeare audio editions, which gives access to the unabridged texts from the gold standard Folger Editions performed by a full cast of Shakespearean actors and expertly produced by Folger Theatre. | |
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