1st April

We started the lesson by writing down all the general knowledge we knew about classical theatre and discussing common themes and characters used in classical theatre. 

We then split off into groups and were given story lines and had to put them into categories for which TV show we thought they were from. In the end we found out that all the story lines were used by Shakespeare. From this activity I learnt how transferable Shakespeare's story lines are, I also learnt that the play they are performing in A Midsummer Night's Dream is based on Romeo and Juliet. 

We then learnt to count to 10 in Turkish. By doing this exercise we learnt how to pick up a different language, because it is harder to learn Shakespearian lines than regular British lines. So you have to learn them as if you are learning a different language. 

Then in a group we wrote down 10 different techniques we use to learn lines. 

We then picked which method we used and found most effective, doing this exercise helped me see what other techniques I could use for when I am learning my lines. Because when I learnt to speck Turkish I used the Sequence Method and I found that really effective, so maybe when I start learning my lines I could try out that method.