Stepping Into William Shakespeares World

Powerful plays, deadly plagues, and chamber pots Shakespeare lived in a world vastly different from our own. This nonfiction text breathes life into the pages of history, and gives students a sense of what life was like in Shakespeare's time. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this biography includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, fascinating images, and detailed Reader's Guide prompt students to connect back to the text. The Think Link and Dig Deeper sections develop students' higher-order thinking skills. The Check It Out! section includes suggested books, videos, and websites for further reading. Aligned with state standards, this title features complex and rigorous content appropriate for students preparing for college and career readiness.

Take a stroll back to sixteenth century England to see how Shakespeare's surroundings influenced and shaped his plays and poems. By stepping into Shakespeare's world, students will gain a better understanding and appreciation of his works, and learn why his plays still appeal to modern-day audiences. This nonfiction title builds critical literacy skills while students are engaged in reading high-interest content. Featuring TIME content, this purposefully leveled text was developed by Timothy Rasinski, a leading expert in reading research. The intriguing sidebars feature fun facts that challenge students to think more deeply about the topics and develop higher-order thinking. Informational text features include a table of contents, captions, bold font, an extensive glossary, and a detailed index to deepen understanding and build academic vocabulary. The Try It! culminating activity requires students to connect back to the text, and the Reader's Guide provides opportunities for additional language-development activities. Aligned with McREL, WIDA/TESOL, and state standards, this title readies students for college and career. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Powerful plays, deadly plagues, and chamber pots... Shakespeare lived in a world vastly different from our own. This nonfiction text breathes life into the pages of history, and gives students a sense of what life was like in Shakespeare's time. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this biography includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, fascinating images, and detailed Reader's Guide prompt students to connect back to the text. The Think Link and Dig Deeper sections develop students' higher-order thinking skills. The Check It Out! section includes suggested books, videos, and websites for further reading. Aligned with state standards, this title features complex and rigorous content appropriate for students preparing for college and career readiness.

Named One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, reissued with a new afterword for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. A young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time. How is an achievement of this magnitude to be explained? Stephen Greenblatt brings us down to earth to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, could have become the world’s greatest playwright.

The Assessment Guide for TIME FOR KIDS®: Nonfiction Readers offers an exciting mix of support materials for science, mathematics, and social studies lessons plans. Developed by one of the leading experts in reading research - Timothy Rasinski - this Assessment Guide provides evidence-based methods to boost student reading skills. The Assessment Guide features fluency and writing ruberics, comprehension assignments for each reader, as well as teacher best practices.

In the present tense, tells of the times during which the Globe Theatre was built and gives its history; includes a pop-up theater, punch-out characters to use in it, and two booklets of scenes from Shakespeare's plays.

Who was William Shakespeare? How much do we really know about him, and why is he so famous? This unique collection of books takes the reader step-by-step through Shakespeare's life, looking at the evidence; explains the world of theater in which Shakespeare lived, worked, and did business; and explores the many ways in which Shakespeare's works are performed and interpreted in the modern world.

This guide to Shakespeare's play presents introductory comments on the contexts, critical history and performance of the text; annotated extracts from key contextual documents; cross references between documents and sections of the guide; suggestions for further reading.