Shakespeare SMS/Twitter project...

The Shakespeare Twitter Project

Objective: Students give presentation of Shakespeare as if it happened over Twitter

Procedures:

• Students study a scene/act of a play
• Convert the major parts of the scene/act into sms or tweets & write them down
• Create a Todaysmeet.com wall for class project
• Students give oral presentation to class about their scene/act
• Presenting group members sign in as their respective characters
• While presenting, the group is broadcasting their tweets on behalf of their characters, to the rest of the class.
• The class watches the presentation while also watching the twitter stream. Students could use any internet connected device to follow along.

This lesson comes from Liz S. @ Hunt MS.