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Fighting Words – Teacher Resource Pack Contents Welcome and getting started........................................................................................... 3 Resource A: Introduction.................................................................................................. 4 Resource B: Text used in the Introduction (video one)..................................................... 5 Resource C: Verbal Sparring............................................................................................. 6 Resource D: Text used in Verbal Sparring (video two)...................................................... 7 Activities for exploring Act 2 Scene 1 in more detail....................................................... 9 Resource E: Painting with Words..................................................................................... 11 Resource F: Text used in Painting with Words (video three).......................................... 12 Activities for exploring Act 4 Scene 3 in more detail...................................................... 13 Resource G: Rhyme......................................................................................................... 14 Resource H: Text used in Rhyme (video four)................................................................. 14 Activities for exploring Act 4 Scene 3 in more detail...................................................... 15 Resource I: Writing your Scene (video five)..................................................................... 16 Resource J: Scene Template.......................................................................................... 17 Resource K: Template observation sheet...................................................................... 18 Summary of Materials.................................................................................................... 19 Registered charity no. 212481 Page 2 of 19 © RSC
Welcome and getting started Welcome to the Fighting Words Teacher Resource Pack, part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s online playwriting project for schools. This project uses Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew as a source of inspiration for your students to write a short scene featuring a man and a woman arguing, cleverly (as they do in Shakespeare’s play). This resource pack will guide you through the online videos and give you ideas on how your students can write, refine and send in their scene. We will choose the best entry; if your students are successful, RSC actors will act your scene out and it will appear on the RSC website! Fighting Words has been created in order to: • provide a brief introduction to The Taming of the Shrew; • help pupils analyse a range of Shakespeare’s writing techniques; and • encourage pupils from KS3 to KS5 to write a short scene of their own. This pack is designed to complement the online videos and the Pupil Resource Pack, by providing ideas for additional activities you might choose to do as your pupils work their way through the online videos. You could choose to watch the Trailer film with your students as a way of introducing the project before embarking on any of the activities. Who are the people in the online videos? • Ola Animashawun: Ola is a script editor who has worked with the RSC to create this project. • Susannah Fielding: Susannah is an actor currently working with the RSC. She plays Kate in the scenes from The Taming of the Shrew. • Scott Handy: Scott is also an actor currently working with the RSC. He plays Petruchio in the scenes from The Taming of the Shrew. Registered charity no. 212481 Page 3 of 19 © RSC
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