Romeo & Juliet Explained: A Classroom Companion

Romeo & Juliet Explained: A Classroom Companion
Fully Classroom-Ready: Teach Shakespeare’s Tragedy with No Planning Required

Finding it challenging to support EAL, SEND, and lower-ability learners in genuinely understanding Romeo and Juliet, rather than feeling overwhelmed by Shakespeare’s language?

Prepared by an experienced secondary school teacher with over 30 years of classroom practice.

This abridged classroom companion is specifically designed to support SEND, ESL, and mixed-ability students while preserving Shakespeare’s original language, themes, and dramatic power.

Created by a teacher with over thirty years of classroom experience, this resource unlocks Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy for all learners. Whether you are supporting EAL/SEND students, or lower-ability groups, this resource makes Romeo & Juliet accessible, engaging, and achievable.

Why choose this resource?

This comprehensive unit of work helps students to:

Understand the main characters and their emotional journeys

Follow the key events of the play with clarity and confidence

Master essential quotations, carefully broken down into relatable, easy-to-digest language

What’s inside?

• 19 pages of simplified text that bring the story to life
• 40 pages of interactive exercises to engage and challenge learners
• 5 pages of clear, focused background information
• A highly structured timeline outlining events as they unfold
• 16 pages of important quotes from the original text clearly explained.
• Answers provided for all crossword activities

What sets it apart?

This expertly differentiated resource ensures that every student feels included and empowered. Each section includes extended writing tasks, making it ideal for assessment opportunities and allowing teachers to track progress with ease.

Part of the Back to Basics series, this is an intelligent, practical, and inclusive teaching resource that enables teachers to deliver engaging lessons with zero preparation—ensuring no student is left behind.

Make Shakespeare’s world come alive for your students today, because every learner deserves the opportunity to explore and understand this literary masterpiece.