For once, we (the students) were the teachers. We were able to experience how it feels to teach a group of eight students. María put us in three groups of six and each one had to teach some facts about Shakespeare to the 2nd ESO students. Each person had their own text to say.
Our objective was to have a good time and to ensure that the students gained some knowledge of Shakespeare in a fun way. We were only allowed to speak in English.
At first, we felt quite uncomfortable and nervous. We weren't sure who exactly was going to be in our special class; and we didn't know if they would understand the vocabulary or if it was going to be over their heads.
In my group, we did several games: hangman with names of Shakespeare's plays; drawing something on the blackboard and they had to write what it was and say from which Shakespeare play it came from; and a game in which they had to match the name of the character with the play (photo in the post). The pupil who got it right received a sweet as a prize.
At the end of the class we gave them all a paper ball so they could throw it at us just like the audience did in the open theatres in Shakespeare's time. That was funny...for them!
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