Shakespeare Week Lesson Plan For Year 6

Suitable for year 6.

Worked very well for me.

For instance the first day :

Grammar Starter
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/apostrophe

L.O: Know one of Shakespeare’s stories.

Success Criteria
 Know some background information about William Shakespeare, his time and his work.
 Describe the basic plotline of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
 Start to talk about the main characters; their hopes, desires and challenges.
Main teaching:
Who was William Shakespeare?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/william_shakespeare/
Use above website to read about his background – note that he wrote plays – his works were intended to be acted.

http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/plays.php
Use the above website to look at the list of plays – discuss terms tragedy, comedy and historical play.

Read ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ shortened, story version. Explain that this was written in 1595.