Shakespeare Homework

A substantial collection of 24 differentiated Shakespeare homework sheets covering 12 of Shakespeare’s most widely taught plays. Each sheet provides four different homework tasks, allowing students to choose a task that matches their confidence and ability.

The tasks increase in difficulty, with the bottom task being the most accessible and the top task the most challenging. Students choose one task each week and do not need to complete the others, although the additional tasks can be used to extend learning or provide further revision.

Plays Included:
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Macbeth
The Tempest
Much Ado About Nothing
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Twelfth Night
The Merchant of Venice
Henry V
Antony and Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
Othello

Students develop their ability to:
Develop and consolidate their understanding of Shakespeare’s plays
Explore characters, relationships and themes
Analyse Shakespeare’s language and methods
Use quotations and textual evidence effectively
Develop analytical and evaluative responses
Explore context and its influence on Shakespeare’s writing
Make connections between characters, themes and key events
Develop independent thinking and interpretation
Apply their knowledge to essay style questions
Complete creative and research based tasks
Develop independent revision and study skills
Prepare for GCSE English Literature examinations

The sheets include a variety of tasks designed to develop different skills and provide genuine choice. Tasks include:
Analytical and essay style questions
Character and theme investigations
Quotation analysis
Timelines
Character profiles
Case files and investigations
Character trials
Comparison tasks
Speech and creative writing activities
Research tasks exploring historical and social context
Contextual investigations
Tasks exploring Shakespeare’s methods and dramatic choices

KS3 and KS4
The bundle contains tasks suitable for different ages and levels of confidence. KS3 students can use the more accessible and creative tasks to consolidate their knowledge and develop their understanding of Shakespeare, while the more challenging tasks provide opportunities for extended analysis and independent research.

The KS4 tasks can also be used as revision activities before examinations, allowing students to revisit characters, themes, quotations, context and key events across a range of Shakespeare plays.