Turn your favorite Shakespeare play into a triorama book report for a unique project. Also, look at my pages Trioramas: How To Create Engaging Visual Narratives For Kids for more ideas and 4 Week Free Shakespeare Unit Study & Best Hands-on Ideas.
Trioramas are an amazing way to show off whatever topic you are learning about.
They are often done for creating a diorama like a scene of an animal in its habitat or something similar.
But they also make a great backdrop for a book report.
We chose Romeo & Juliet, but you can opt for any of his works you like, giving it a unique design to match the setting and characters.
You can assign this unique style of book report for all of these or even for other popular plays and books.
I will give you a quick rundown on the 3 most popular of Shakespeare’s works, additional activity ideas, and the how to create your own triorama book report.
BOOKS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE
First, look at some of these books about Shakespeare.
6 Books About Shakespeare For Kids Who Love to Read and Be Read To
Add one or two of these books to your unit study or learning day.
Who is William Shakespeare?" For more than 20 years, Lois Burdett has asked that question of her elementary school students in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, leading them on a voyage of discovery that brings the Bard to life for boys and girls ages seven and up.
A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare, written in rhyming couplets is suitable for staging as class plays as well as reading aloud.
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb was written to be an 'introduction to the study of Shakespeare', but are much more entertaining than that. All of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and robust style, and their literary quality has made them popular and sought-after ever since their first publication in 1807.
This edition contains the delightful pen-and-ink drawings of Arthur Rackham.
Retellings of the exciting stories of Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet are augmented by full-color illustrations
Nobody knows exactly when or why William Shakespeare left his boyhood home of Stratford-on-Avon for the great city of London, but it didn't take long for him to make a name for himself. His plays are now performed almost every day in just about every part of the world; even people who've never seen them use words and phrases he introduced into the English language.
How did a man from an unremarkable family create a legacy that the world, even 400 years after his death, has never forgotten? There will always be unsolved mysteries about Shakespeare, but what we do know of his life, his times, and his theater makes for a very dramatic story.
Ken Ludwig devised his friendly, easy-to-master methods while teaching his own children. Beginning with memorizing short passages from the plays, his technique then instills children with cultural references they will utilize for years to come. Ludwig’s approach includes understanding of the time period and implications of Shakespeare’s diction as well as the invaluable lessons behind his words and stories. Colorfully incorporating the history of Shakespearean theater and society, How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare guides readers on an informed and adventurous journey through the world in which the Bard wrote.
Joining Bruce Coville's earlier prose adaptations of Shakespeare's plays is this picture book treatment of the Bard's most popular work ever. The tender story of the young star-crossed lovers from warring families, Romeo and Juliet has moved audiences to tears for four hundred years. And Coville tells it in a way that will surely whet the appetite of young audiences, who will then find even greater enjoyment in the original. As with his earlier adaptations, Coville expertly combines his own dramatic language with key lines from the play. Dennis Nolan, who illustrated Coville's version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, contributes stunning paintings, including a gatefold of the famous balcony scene. In addition to A Midsummer Night's Dream, which Publishers Weekly called "A first rate entree to the Bard," Coville also retold The Tempest and Macbeth. Of the latter, School Library Journal said, "Coville's muscular sentences, full of dramatic word choices, make this a good read-aloud." Both Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream were honored as ALA Quick Picks for Young Adults.
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Next, look at some of these works of Shakespeare.
3 POPULAR WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE
This play is a tragic love story about two young people from feuding families who fall in love at first sight.
ROMEO AND JULIET
The story is set in Verona, Italy. And it tells the story of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Romeo and Juliet are from two families who have been feuding for generations.
Despite their families’ hatred for each other, Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly marry.
Their love is forbidden. They must keep their relationship a secret from their families.
However, their love is doomed from the start, and they eventually take their own lives rather than live without each other.
Romeo and Juliet explores a number of important themes, including: The power of love, the dangers of prejudice and hatred, the importance of family, the consequences of rash decisions
It is a timeless story of love, loss, and tragedy.
The characters are relatable and interesting, and the themes are relevant to teens’ lives. Romeo and Juliet is also a great way for teens to learn about Shakespeare’s writing and the Elizabethan era.
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is full of humor, romance, and adventure, and it tells the story of four young lovers who find themselves caught up in a magical forest on a midsummer night.
The story begins with Hermia and Lysander, two young lovers who are forbidden from being together by Hermia’s father. They decide to run away together. And they are followed into the forest by Demetrius, Hermia’s former love interest, and Helena, Demetrius’s current love interest.
Once in the forest, the four lovers are caught up in a magical world of fairies and elves.
The fairy king, Oberon, and the fairy queen, Titania, are having a fight, and they use their magic to play tricks on the lovers. The lovers are confused and enchanted. Too, they fall in and out of love with each other.
In the end, Oberon and Titania resolve their fight, and the lovers are reunited. The play ends with a wedding and a celebration.
It explores a number of important themes, including: the power of love, the dangers of jealousy, the importance of forgiveness, and the nature of dreams.
It is a funny, romantic, and exciting play with a lot of magic and adventure. The characters are relatable and interesting, and the themes are relevant to teens’ lives. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is also a great way for teens to learn about Shakespeare’s writing and the Elizabethan era.
JULIUS CAESAR
Julius Caesar is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays, and it’s a great introduction to Shakespeare for teens. The play is full of action, adventure, and political intrigue, and it tells the story of one of the most famous assassinations in history.
The story is set in ancient Rome. It tells the story of a group of conspirators who plot to assassinate Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator. Caesar is a powerful and popular leader, but he is also ambitious and ruthless. The conspirators believe that Caesar is a threat to Rome’s democracy, and they are determined to stop him.
Julius Caesar explores a number of important themes, including the dangers of ambition, the importance of loyalty, and the nature of power. The play is also a reminder that even the most
Teens will love Julius Caesar because it is a fast-paced and exciting play with a lot of action and adventure. The characters are relatable and interesting, and the themes are relevant to teens’ lives.
Julius Caesar is also a great way for teens to learn about Roman history and culture.
Also, look at more activities to go along with this Shakespeare triorama book report.
TRIORAMA BOOK REPORT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
- 4 Week Free Shakespeare Unit Study & Best Hands-on Ideas
- Introduce Shakespeare with a Free Escape Room
- How To Teach Your Homeschooled Children Shakespeare
- Shakespeare Mixed Media Art Project
- Shakespeare Unit Study Starters
- It’s a Bard Knock Life: DIY Shakespearean Collar
- Amazing Globe Theatre model!
- How to Draw William Shakespeare
Finally, look at how to make this book report.
AMAZING SHAKESPEARE TRIORAMA BOOK REPORT
You will need:
- 12×12 color or patterned cardstock
- White cardstock
- Craft paint/paint brushes
- Printed pages of Shakespeare quotes
First, fold cardstock from corner to corner and press the seam tightly.
Unfold and fold it again across the opposite corner.
Open the cardstock and cut up one of the corner creases all the way to the center.
Before we glue the triorama into place it is easiest to draw the design on the backdrop, you can paint or color it before folding or after.
Bend the creases so that one side of the cut flap slides under the other, glue in place.
To create a fun backdrop we typed up some of our favorite Shakespeare quotes.
Then we printed and ripped them into strips as if they were torn from the pages of his play.
Glue them down onto the backdrop of the triorama.
The final piece is to draw out your characters and props on white cardstock, color them in if you wish or leave them as sketches.
Cut each one out, like you would a paper doll but leave a ½” long strip across the bottom.
Fold the strip under and glue it into place on your scene.
