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Macbeth: Shakespeare Can Be Fun Lois Burdett

Macbeth: Shakespeare Can Be Fun By Lois Burdett

Macbeth: Shakespeare Can Be Fun by Lois Burdett


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For more than 20 years, Lois Burdett has been introducing Shakespeare to primary school pupils. Working with her students, she makes Shakespeare's plays come wonderfully alive for young eyes and ears. The texts are rewritten as simple rhyming verse and illustrated by her pupils' own drawings.

Macbeth: Shakespeare Can Be Fun Summary

Macbeth: Shakespeare Can Be Fun by Lois Burdett

For more than 20 years, Lois Burdett has been introducing Shakespeare to primary school pupils. Working with her students, many as young as seven, she makes Shakespeare's plays come wonderfully alive for young eyes and ears. The texts are rewritten as simple rhyming verse and illustrated by her pupils' own lively colour illustrations of the characters and the action. Her books and workshops for teachers have captured the attention and imagination of parents, educators, and lovers of Shakespeare around the world.

Macbeth: Shakespeare Can Be Fun Reviews

Burdett's couplets are immediate, colloquial, and accessible even to the very young.--Philippa Shephard"Quill and Quire" (06/01/1996)
As education and entertainment, this is triumphant.--Globe and Mail
Highly recommended. Contains quotes as well as classroom activities.-- (05/01/2015)

About Lois Burdett

Lois Burdett's success in introducing Shakespeare to children is reflected in her growing international reputation. Her books and workshops for teachers have captured the attention and imagination of parents, educators, and lovers of Shakespeare around the world, including the American National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. Among other commendations, Lois Burdett has received Encyclopedia Britannica's National Award for Early Childhood Education, Canada's Meritorious Service Medal, the Canadian Teachers' Federation's Hilroy Fellowship, and two writers' awards. Burdett's many speaking engagements have included the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. Her books, magazine articles, presentations and media interviews are testimony to her strong influence in the education community, where she has also been instrumental in helping teachers to incorporate Shakespeare into early grade curricula.

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NGR9780887532795
9780887532795
0887532799
Macbeth: Shakespeare Can Be Fun by Lois Burdett
New
Paperback
Firefly Books Ltd
1998-05-22
64
N/A
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