Literacy and topic resources for students from Year 3 to Year 6. Resources are either free or value for money as I believe that every £ spent should relieve stress, lessen your workload and advance your students' experiences in school.
Literacy and topic resources for students from Year 3 to Year 6. Resources are either free or value for money as I believe that every £ spent should relieve stress, lessen your workload and advance your students' experiences in school.
A reading comprehension passage with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task about William Shakespeare’s famous play, Macbeth. The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in Year 5 & Year 6. Students will learn key facts about the famous play whilst working on their comprehension skills.
Included in this PDF printable resource:
An informational text
A comprehension activity with eight questions
Two grammar questions about the text
An extension writing activity
An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use
A crossword puzzle to consolidate learning
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This resource is great for:
In class learning
Independent work
Homework
Guided reading sessions
Assessment practice
Reading interventions
Emergency sub plans
The activity requires NO PREP; it has a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document.
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Time allowance to complete:
5 minutes - read through the text individually.
40 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
15 minutes - Teacher and students go through the text and answers.
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Elf tells the story of ‘Buddy the Elf’ who was accidentally taken to the North Pole in Santa’s sack one Christmas Eve. He stayed in the North Pole until adulthood and grew up thinking he was an elf himself. One day he found out he was a human, and decided to go and visit his biological father in New York.
On arrival he wasn’t welcomed by his father until a DNA test reassured him that he was actually his son. The family grew to like Buddy, and he also found a girlfriend – but then everything changed when he fell out with his father one day and decided to leave.
But as he was walking alone he heard a crash in Central Park, when he went to investigate he noticed it was his good friend, Santa. The family caught up with him and realised he had been telling the truth all along, he was in fact an elf from the North Pole. The friends and family all worked together to lift Christmas spirit and thus power Santa’s sleigh to ensure he could finish his deliveries.
There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 20-22 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too.
I hope you have fun with it, my class had a ball! The play is around 40-50 minutes long.
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For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy
A Christmas Carol (A School Remix) tells the story of a mean, old headmaster, Ebenizer Loops, who runs a dark and miserable school. The teachers are under-paid and over-worked, and the students are not allowed to smile or have fun.
It is Christmas eve and his best worker, Bob Bamboo asks for the day off to spend time with his family, and sick child – Petite Pat. Loops almost refuses but decides to just dock his pay for the day. Then, that evening he gets a visit from the previous headmaster – another miserable person called Mr Frown.
Mr Frown tells him he needs to change his ways or end up with the same fate as him; he tells him how he will be visited by three ghosts that night. The ghosts visit and show Loops various things that upset him enough to change his ways.
After the visits of the ghosts Loops wakes up on Christmas day a changed man and tries to put right all the wrongs he has caused over the previous decades!
There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 19 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles for up to 30 students too.
I hope you have fun with it, my class had a ball!
If you are unsure whether it will suit your class, download a free preview and give it a go!
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I also have some more Christmas play scripts in my store including:
A Christmas Carol (A School Remix)
Elf
A Christmas Carol (A Traditional Version)
The Santa Clause
The Grinch
To save money you can buy all four play scripts in my Christmas Play Script Bundle (saving nearly 40%) - link below:
Christmas Play Script Bundle
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For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy
The Santa Clause tells the story of Scott Calvin, an ordinary man who accidently causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve. Santa disappears but leaves his clothes and a note (The Santa Clause).
Scott and his two young sons have to finish Santa’s deliveries for the night, and then the reindeers fly them to the North Pole. Once there, Scott is greeted by Bernard and Julie, two elves, who explain to Scott about the Santa clause, and how he must become the new Santa.
Scott falls asleep and wakes in his own bed thinking it was all a dream until he starts to slowly turn into Santa. He then has to convince the one he loves that he isn’t crazy and that he is indeed the real ‘Santa Claus’.
There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 20-22 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too. The play is around 40-50 minutes long.
I hope you have fun with it, my class had a ball!
If you are unsure whether it will suit your class, download a free preview and give it a go!
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I also have some more Christmas play scripts in my store including:
A Christmas Carol (A School Remix)
Elf
A Christmas Carol (A Traditional Version)
The Santa Clause
The Grinch
To save money you can buy all four play scripts in my Christmas Play Script Bundle (saving nearly 40%) - link below:
Christmas Play Script Bundle
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For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy
This is a play script for Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. It tells the story of a mean, old man named Ebenizer Scrooge, who runs a dark and miserable buisness. His workers are under-paid and over-worked, especially his assistant Bob Cratchett.
It is Christmas eve and his Bob asks for the day off to spend time with his family, and sick child – Tiny Tim. Scrooge almost refuses but decides to just dock his pay for the day. Then, that evening he gets a visit from his previous business partner – another miserable person called Jacob Marley.
Marley tells him he needs to change his ways or end up with the same fate as him; he tells him how he will be visited by three ghosts that night. The ghosts visit and show Scrooge various things that upset him enough to change his ways.
After the visits of the ghosts Scrooge wakes up on Christmas day a changed man and tries to put right all the wrongs he has caused over the previous decades!
There are song recommendations throughout the script and roles for 19 speaking parts, with extra roles for up to 30 students.
I hope you have fun with it!
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I also have some more Christmas play scripts in my store including:
A Christmas Carol (A School Remix)
Elf
A Christmas Carol (A Traditional Version)
The Santa Clause
The Grinch
To save money you can buy all four play scripts in my Christmas Play Script Bundle (saving nearly 40%) - link below:
Christmas Play Script Bundle
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For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy
Check out my bundle of four Christmas play scripts - usually £4.75 each.
For individual previews check out the links below, the preview here is an example of the Elf Play Script.
The first play script is a funny play based on the Will Ferrell movie - Elf. The script follows the story line of the movie with Buddy the Elf being a human who is raised as an elf in the North Pole. Buddy finds out the truth and goes looking for his family who are not too receptive about his appearance or general behavior! But Buddy turns them all around before finally saving Christmas with his festive cheer! There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 20-22 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too. The play is around 40-50 minutes long.
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Secondly, we have a play script for A Christmas Carol, however it is a modern remake that is based in a school - with the head teacher being Ebenezer Scrooge - you can change the names of the characters to teachers in your school, or to rhyme with teachers in your school as I did (if they have a sense of humour)! There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 20-22 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too.
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Thirdly, we have a funny play based on the Tim Allen movie - The Santa Clause. The script follows the movies story line of a man who accidentally disrupts Santa’s deliveries and has to take over his route before finding his way to Santa’s work shop. He then slowly starts turning into Santa, which everybody else finds hard to believe! There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 20-22 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too. The play is around 40-50 minutes long.
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And finally a play script for A Christmas Carol; it is a traditional version that follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s hauntings through the night of Christmas Eve. There are song recommendations throughout the script and roles for 20-22 speaking parts.
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This is a play script for William Shakespeare’s Richard III written to be suitable for ages 9-14. Richard III tells the story of Richard – a humpbacked member of the royal family who had a deep desire to be king. However, he was fifth in line to the throne with four close family members ahead of him.
The play follows the story of his murderous journey to the top, and his eventual demise to Henry at the Battle of Bosworth.
The play script is a mix of modern English with some of the famous lines from the real play mixed in as well. I hope you enjoy it – good luck!
There are 20 speaking roles with parts for up to 30 students. The language is a mix of Shakespearean and modern English. Ideal for theater performances or plays, reading activities or guided reading sessions.
Also ideal for older students who need to know the story better without getting wrapped up in the difficult language - Shakespeare is easy to understand if you understand the story!
In our Shakespeare Collection we also have:
Macbeth:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-play-script-11991944
and Hamlet:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hamlet-play-script-11771937
A reading comprehension passage with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the life of the fictional character from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge. The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in Year 3 or Year 4. Students will learn key facts about the famous character whilst working on their comprehension skills.
Included in this PDF printable resource:
An informational text
A comprehension activity with eight questions
Two grammar questions about the text
An extension writing activity
An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use
A crossword puzzle to consolidate learning
A wordsearch puzzle
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This resource is great for:
In class learning
Independent work
Homework
Guided reading sessions
Assessment practice
Reading interventions
Emergency sub plans
The activity requires NO PREP; it has a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document.
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Time allowance to complete:
5 minutes - read through the text individually.
40 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
15 minutes - Teacher and students go through the text and answers.
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Please check out my store, Creative Primary Literacy, for more resources.
This is a free preview of the Christmas play script - A Christmas Carol - A School Remix Play Script. The full play script is available for just £4.75 by following the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-drama-a-christmas-carol-a-school-remix-play-script-11998521
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This is a play script for A Christmas Carol, however it is a modern remake that is based in a school. The play script tells the story of a mean, old headmaster, Ebenizer Loops, who runs a dark and miserable school. The teachers are under-paid and over-worked, and the students are not allowed to smile or have fun.
It is Christmas eve and his best worker, Bob Bamboo asks for the day off to spend time with his family, and sick child – Petite Pat. Loops almost refuses but decides to just dock his pay for the day. Then, that evening he gets a visit from the previous headmaster – another miserable person called Mr Frown.
Mr Frown tells him he needs to change his ways or end up with the same fate as him; he tells him how he will be visited by three ghosts that night. The ghosts visit and show Loops various things that upset him enough to change his ways.
After the visits of the ghosts Loops wakes up on Christmas day a changed man and tries to put right all the wrongs he has caused over the previous decades!
There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 19 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too for up to 30 students.
I hope you have fun with it, my class had a ball!
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I also have some more Christmas play scripts in my store including:
A Christmas Carol (A School Remix)
Elf
A Christmas Carol (A Traditional Version)
The Santa Clause
The Grinch
To save money you can buy all four play scripts in my Christmas Play Script Bundle (saving nearly 40%) - link below:
Christmas Play Script Bundle
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For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy
This is a free preview of the Christmas play script - The Santa Clause. The full play script is available for just £4.75 by following the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-drama-the-santa-clause-play-script-christmas-play-11771935
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A funny play loosely based on the Tim Allen movie - The Santa Clause. ‘The Santa Clause’ tells the story of Scott Calvin, an ordinary man who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve. Santa disappears but leaves his clothes and a note (The Santa Clause).
Scott and his two young sons have to finish Santa’s deliveries for the night, and then the reindeers fly them to the North Pole. Once there, Scott is greeted by Bernard and Julie, two elves, who explain to Scott about the Santa clause, and how he must become the new Santa.
Scott falls asleep and wakes in his own bed thinking it was all a dream until he starts to slowly turn into Santa. He then has to convince the one he loves that he isn’t crazy and that he is indeed the real ‘Santa Claus’.
There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 20 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too for up to 30 students. The play is around 40-50 minutes long.
I hope you have fun with it, my class had a ball!
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I also have some more Christmas play scripts in my store including:
A Christmas Carol (A School Remix)
Elf
A Christmas Carol (A Traditional Version)
The Santa Clause
The Grinch
To save money you can buy all four play scripts in my Christmas Play Script Bundle (saving nearly 40%) - link below:
Christmas Play Script Bundle
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For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy
This is a free preview of the Christmas play script - Elf. The full play script is available for just £4.75 by following the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-drama-elf-the-play-script-christmas-play-11819645
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Elf tells the story of ‘Buddy the Elf’ who was accidentally taken to the North Pole in Santa’s sack one Christmas Eve. He stayed in the North Pole until adulthood and grew up thinking he was an elf himself. One day he found out he was a human, and decided to go and visit his biological father in New York.
On arrival he wasn’t welcomed by his father until a DNA test reassured him that he was actually his son. The family grew to like Buddy, and he also found a girlfriend – but then everything changed when he fell out with his father one day and decided to leave.
But as he was walking alone he heard a crash in Central Park, when he went to investigate he noticed it was his good friend, Santa. The family caught up with him and realized he had been telling the truth all along, he was in fact an elf from the North Pole. The friends and family all worked together to lift Christmas spirit and thus power Santa’s sleigh to ensure he could finish his deliveries.
There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 21 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too for up to 30 students. The play is around 40-50 minutes long.
I hope you have fun with it, my class had a ball!
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I also have some more Christmas play scripts in my store including:
A Christmas Carol (A School Remix)
Elf
A Christmas Carol (A Traditional Version)
The Santa Clause
The Grinch
To save money you can buy all four play scripts in my Christmas Play Script Bundle (saving nearly 40%) - link below:
Christmas Play Script Bundle
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For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy
This is a free preview of the Christmas play script - A Christmas Carol - A Traditional Version. The full play script is available for just £4.75 by following the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-drama-a-christmas-carol-a-traditional-version-play-script-12008479
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This is a play script for Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. It tells the story of a mean, old man named Ebenezer Scrooge, who runs a dark and miserable business. His workers are under-paid and over-worked, especially his assistant Bob Cratchett.
It is Christmas eve and his Bob asks for the day off to spend time with his family, and sick child – Tiny Tim. Scrooge almost refuses but decides to just dock his pay for the day. Then, that evening he gets a visit from his previous business partner – another miserable person called Jacob Marley.
Marley tells him he needs to change his ways or end up with the same fate as him; he tells him how he will be visited by three ghosts that night. The ghosts visit and show Scrooge various things that upset him enough to change his ways.
After the visits of the ghosts Scrooge wakes up on Christmas day a changed man and tries to put right all the wrongs he has caused over the previous decades!
There are song recommendations throughout the script and roles for 19 speaking parts, with extra parts for up to 30 students.
I hope you have fun with it!
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I also have some more Christmas play scripts in my store including:
A Christmas Carol (A School Remix)
Elf
A Christmas Carol (A Traditional Version)
The Santa Clause
The Grinch
To save money you can buy all four play scripts in my Christmas Play Script Bundle (saving nearly 40%) - link below:
Christmas Play Script Bundle
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For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy
This is a free preview of the Christmas play script - The Grinch. The full play script is available for just £4.75 by following the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-drama-the-grinch-play-script-christmas-play-12216137
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A funny play loosely based on the Grinch by Dr. Seuss, and the well known movie. The story revolves around the town of Whoville, where all the Whos love Christmas. In fact they love Christmas so much it is all they talk about!
However, a mysterious outcast lives to the North of the town; this outcast hates Christmas and anything to do with the festive time of year. This outcast is called the Grinch!
The play follows the story of Cindy-Lou and her family as they open up to the Grinch, and try to show him what Christmas is all about. However, the Grinch has his own plans to ruin Christmas for the town, and steals all the presents on Christmas eve.
He has a change of heart however when he hears the town enjoying Christmas even though he had stolen all of the presents. His heart grows and he quickly returns the gifts and takes part in all the festivities.
There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 28 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too for up to 30 students. The play is around 40-50 minutes long.
I hope you have fun with it, my class had a ball!
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I also have some more Christmas play scripts in my store including:
A Christmas Carol (A School Remix)
Elf
A Christmas Carol (A Traditional Version)
The Santa Clause
The Grinch
To save money you can buy all four play scripts in my Christmas Play Script Bundle (saving nearly 40%) - link below:
Christmas Play Script Bundle
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For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy
This is a free preview of the William Shakespeare Play Script - Macbeth. The full play script is available for just £4.50 by following the link above.
The play script has been written to be suitable for ages 8-13. Macbeth tells the story of a fierce warrior who meets three strange witches on his way home after a battle. The witches tell him that he will be King. At first Macbeth thinks they are lying but then he starts to believe the witches’ prophecies.
He sends a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth, who persuades him to kill the King and claim the throne. He does this but the couple find the guilt too much, and then the previous King’s sons come back for revenge. The story ends in death for Macbeth, as Macduff and Malcolm come to claim back the throne!
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The play script is a mix of modern English with some of the famous lines from the real play mixed in as well. I hope you enjoy it – good luck!
There are 18 speaking roles with parts for up to 30 students; the language is a mix of Shakespearean and more modern English. Ideal for theatre performances or plays, reading activities or guided reading sessions.
Also ideal for older students who need to know the story better without getting wrapped up in the difficult language - Shakespeare is easy to understand if you understand the story!
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In our Shakespeare Play Script Collection we also have:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Richard III
Hamlet
This is a free preview of the William Shakespeare play script - A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The full play script is available for just £3.75 by following the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-drama-a-midsummer-night-s-dream-play-script-12194273
This is a play script for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which has been rewritten to be suitable for ages 9 to 14. A Midsummer Night’s Dream tells the story of four Athenian lovers who have a complicated yet dramatic love life. Lysander and Hermia loved each other and wished to be together. Helena loved Demetrius, but Demetrius loved Hermia, and Hermia’s father wanted him to marry his daughter.
Hermia and Lysander decided to run off together into the woods. But the woods were haunted by the Fairy King and Queen - Oberon and Titania, and the King’s mischievous henchman, Puck. The play tells the magical story of the eventual coming together of the four lovers, and Duke Theseus and his bride, Hippolyta.
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The play script is a mix of modern English with some of the famous lines from the real play mixed in as well. I hope you enjoy it – good luck!
There are 26 speaking roles with parts for the whole class; the language is a mix of Shakespearean and more modern English. Ideal for theatre performances or plays, reading activities or guided reading sessions.
Also ideal for older students who need to know the story better without getting wrapped up in the difficult language - Shakespeare is easy to understand if you understand the story!
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In our Shakespeare Play Script Collection we also have:
Hamlet
Richard III
Macbeth
This is a free preview of the William Shakespeare Play Script - Richard III. The full play script is available for just £4.50 by following the link above.
This is a play script for William Shakespeare’s Richard III written to be suitable for ages 9 to 14. Richard III tells the story of Richard – a humpbacked member of the royal family who had a deep desire to be king. However, he was fifth in line to the throne with four close family members ahead of him.
The play follows the story of his murderous journey to the top, and his eventual demise to Henry at the Battle of Bosworth.
The play script is a mix of modern English with some of the famous lines from the real play mixed in as well. I hope you enjoy it – good luck!
There are 20 speaking roles with parts for up to 30 students. The language is a mix of Shakespearean and modern English. Ideal for theater performances or plays, reading activities or guided reading sessions.
Also ideal for older students who need to know the story better without getting wrapped up in the difficult language - Shakespeare is easy to understand if you understand the story!
In our Shakespeare Play Script Collection we also have:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Macbeth
Hamlet
This is a free preview of the William Shakespeare play script - Hamlet. The full play script is available for just £3.75 by following the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-drama-hamlet-play-script-11771937
This is a play script for William Shakepeare’s Hamlet written to be suitable for ages 8-13. Hamlet tells the story of a Prince whose father, the King, has just died. His father’s ghost visits him and tells him that the new King, Claudius – who has married his mother – was the killer.
Hamlet wants revenge and the story follows a bloody path in which he takes revenge but loses his own life, and the life of the woman he loves – Ophelia.
The play script is a mix of modern English with some of the famous lines from the real play mixed in as well. I hope you enjoy it – good luck!
There are 15 speaking roles, and extra characters for up to 25-30 people. Ideal for theater performances or plays, reading activities or guided reading sessions.
Also ideal for older students who need to know the story better without getting wrapped up in the difficult language - Shakespeare is easy to understand if you understand the story!
In our Shakespeare Play Script Collection we also have:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Richard III
Macbeth
Ten reading comprehension activities, or reading comprehension activities. Each activity has an informational text with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task, wordsearch and crossword puzzle. The NO PREP activities are perfect for students in Year 5 or Year 6.
This bundle contains the following activities:
1 – Mount Everest
2 – Children of the Industrial Revolution
3 – Roswell
4 – William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
5 – The Transatlantic Slave Trade
6 – The Great Plague
7 – Martin Luther King
8 – Abraham Lincoln
9 – Ancient Olympic Games
10 – Mars – The Red Planet
Included in each PDF printable resource:
An informational text
A comprehension activity with eight questions
Two grammar questions about the text
An extension writing activity
A crossword puzzle & wordsearch activity
An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use
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These resources are great for:
In class learning
Independent work
Homework
Guided reading sessions
Assessment practice
Reading interventions
Emergency sub plans
The activities require NO PREP; they each have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the documents.
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Time allowance to complete each activity:
5 minutes - read through the text individually.
40 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
15 minutes - Teacher and students go through the text and answers.
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A reading comprehension passage with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about William Shakespeare’s famous play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in Year 5 or Year 6. Students will learn key facts about the famous play whilst working on their comprehension skills.
Included in this PDF printable resource:
An informational text
A comprehension activity with eight questions
Two grammar questions about the text
An extension writing activity
An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use
A crossword puzzle to consolidate learning
A wordsearch puzzle
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This resource is great for:
In class learning
Independent work
Homework
Guided reading sessions
Assessment practice
Reading interventions
Emergency sub plans
The activity requires NO PREP; it has a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document.
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Time allowance to complete:
5 minutes - read through the text individually.
40 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
15 minutes - Teacher and students go through the text and answers.
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For more great activities check out Creative Primary Literacy.
Two resources perfect for students learning about A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare; a play script written for young performers and a close reading activity.
The play script has been rewritten to be suitable for ages 9 to 14. A Midsummer Night’s Dream tells the story of four Athenian lovers who have a complicated yet dramatic love life. Lysander and Hermia loved each other and wished to be together. Helena loved Demetrius, but Demetrius loved Hermia, and Hermia’s father wanted him to marry his daughter.
Hermia and Lysander decided to run off together into the woods. But the woods were haunted by the Fairy King and Queen - Oberon and Titania, and the King’s mischievous henchman, Puck. The play tells the magical story of the eventual coming together of the four lovers, and Duke Theseus and his bride, Hippolyta.
The play script is a mix of modern English with some of the famous lines from the real play mixed in as well. There are 26 speaking parts. I hope you enjoy it – good luck! There are 26 speaking roles with parts for the whole class; the language is a mix of Shakespearean and more modern English. Ideal for theatre performances or plays, reading activities or guided reading sessions.
The second activity is an Informational text activity with comprehension and grammar questions about William Shakespeare’s popular play. The reading comprehension activity focuses on the main storyline of the play and it’s history, and concludes with comprehension and grammar questions. It also contains an extension activity for fast-finishing students. It is aimed at students between the ages of 9-13.
The activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers.
Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document.
Time allowance for each activity (one hour - four hours in total)
5 minutes - read through the text individually.
40 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
15 minutes - Teacher and students go through the text and answers
For more great resources visit Creative Primary Literacy.
