This is a comparative study of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ and Margaret Atwood’s ‘Hag-Seed’. The course will explore the contextual influences, issues and values of both texts that have helped shape meaning within each text. Similarities and differences between the two texts will be examined as well as strategies that could be used to develop student writing skills.
Senior English teachers currently teaching the course or considering doing so in the near future.
2.1.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area: Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities
3.3.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Use teaching strategies: Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking
What is Comparative Study
FREE PREVIEWTextual Conversations Atwood & Shakespeare
'The Tempest' -Historical and Literary Contextual Snapshot
FREE PREVIEWDeveloping Student Textual Awareness
Personalising Student Response to Play
Dramatic Structure of Tempest
Visual Organiser (Handout)
Exploring Intertextuality - Reflection Activity
Sharpening 'Intertextual' Understanding
Reflection
'The Tempest' Snapshot course
Blog Reflection - Evaluating Shakespeare as Social Commentator of his Times
Characterisation - The Role of Gonzalo
Focus on Intertextuality
Textual Snapshots
Comparative Evaluation 'Textual Conversations'
Recurring Motifs in the Tempest
Reflection
William Strachey's Account of the Storm
Detailed Comparative Textual Analysis - Opening Scene
Vox Review on Hag-Seed
Strategies for Improving Student Analysis
Reflection
Course Highlights
Course Feedback