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Teaching Literature

Shakespearean Insults
ByDana Huff January 12, 2010January 12, 2010

One of my favorite stand-by fun lessons is to allow students to create Shakespearean insults. The Folger Library’s Shakespeare Set Free series volume with lessons on Romeo and Juliet has a handout I’ve used since 1997, when I first taught the play, to create insults. Though I consider myself fairly technologically savvy, I found out…

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Teaching Literature

Accessing Austen Part 2: What the Heck is a Pelisse?
ByDana Huff July 9, 2008July 9, 2008

One of the reasons Jane Austen is a favorite in Hollywood, in my opinion, is the clothes. Costume drama is always much more expensive than drama that requires no period clothing or sets, but cost hasn’t discouraged adaptations of Jane Austen’s works. It is probably important for students to remember that until the advent of…

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