From the Classroom to Germany

Hi there fellow Shakespearean Enthusiasts!

So, I am no longer in Dr. Burton's class, but he asked me if I would write a quick post about a really cool opportunity that has come my way as a result of the paper I wrote for his class last semester.

Video Version of a Rhetorical Approach to teaching Shakespeare

The Birth of a Paper

My idea for my paper about teaching Shakespeare from a rhetorical approach started because of the individual play I chose to read, Julius Caesar.

Rhetorical Research

As I have been continuing to research for my paper, I have decided the best audience for my paper would probably be teachers in the secondary school setting. I want to show my English Teaching professors my ideas and ask them what they think about trying to apply this in real schools with real students.

As I have continued my research, I have tried to expand both the social networking and the traditional research components. I have found that not many teachers in the secondary school setting are familiar or comfortable with teach rhetoric in their classroom. However, from the research I have gathered I have found that this is because they do not know that they are already teaching principles that come from rhetoric, they just did not know that it was called rhetoric. I think that teachers could help their students even more in writing and language development by making sure to overtly teach rhetoric and try to implement rhetorical exercises and principles.