The ultimate Shakespeare toolkit

Shakespeare introduction! A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that introduces students to William Shakespeare’s, the world he lived in and explores the genres he wrote in as well. A great way to introduce any unit of work on Shakespeare that covers context but also specific elements of different genres of Shakespeare’s plays.

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This is an extremely dense 12 page booklet with easily an entire scheme of work. This has been created to give year 7 an introduction to Shakespeare: to understand his life, works, times, theatre and to grasp how a script works. There are two pages which focus on Shakespeare’s villains (Don John and Iago) but in reality this is to simply expose students to Shakespeare’s life and characters rather than to complete in depth analysis of a plot and character. Although this was created with year 7 in mind it would fill a gap at any level of Key Stage 3 if students’ knowledge of Elizabethan England is lacking.

Both the editable Word document and .pdf are provided - please note the word document may not appear like the booklet pdf because of font use and formatting.

This booklet is also available as part of a Shakespeare bundle with two other KS3 booklets covering Shakespeare heroes and the idea of tragic heroes and Shakespeare’s relationships.

The booklet is as follows:
1 - front cover and basic dramatic terminology glossary
2 - William Shakespeare information with space to create a fact file
3 - Shakespeare’s works - basic information, followed by a task to understand the difference between comedies, tragedies and histories then sorting key plays into each type
4+5 - a double page spread with a timeline across Elizabethan and Jacobean England. At the top students can create a timeline of historical events and then plot Shakespeare’s life underneath (perhaps using page 2)
6 - Elizabethan entertainment - 4 boxes for students to complete information about bear baiting, bull baiting, cock fighting and the theatre - I have attached the factfile made to accompany this lesson.
7- The Globe Theatre - A label the Globe picture followed by a gap fill about its history (in image)
8- Understanding a script - the first scene of Macbeth is used to explain the layout of a script, followed by a gap underneath for students to make their own mini script using a similar layout and features.
9- Stage directions- a list of common Shakespeare stage directions with definitions for students to match followed by some complex stage directions to "translate"
10 - An explanation of the character and his motives, an extract from the play (1.3) and a series of questions which track students through the extract.
11 - An explanation of the character and his motives,an extract from 1.1 alongside a modern translation followed by a series of questions.
12- a common words glossary where students should independently record new words learnt.

An engaging and detailed pub-quiz style Powerpoint containing 40 questions and answers to introduce students to the weird and wonderful life of William Shakespeare. The questions are split into four rounds, each containing 10 questions: Shakespeare’s life and family, Shakespeare’s character, Shakespeare’s writing and The Globe.

This could be used as one whole lesson, or as a detailed starter across multiple lessons. It is suitable for any age group learning about Shakespeare, but would be particularly good for key stages 3 or 4.

30 slides in total.

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Shakespeare Quiz

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A great addition to festivities!

This INTERACTIVE quiz has 7 rounds consisting of a variety of activities and is perfect for Tutor Time or a fun lesson activity. It has the potential to span 90 minutes depending on how many rounds you wish to play.

PowerPoint: 80 even comes with an interactive score board for you to keep tabs on the team’s points. You can select the round you wish to play by using the interactive bookshelf.

The Shakespeare Quiz consists of:

General Knowledge
Famous Quotes
Yay or Nay
Shakespeare Selector
Act it Out
Guess The Author
Shakespeare or Superman?
Scoreboard

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Shakespeare Week is on the way!

• This pack contains a great set of A4 display pages. Each has a different quotation to make your students think.
• Under each quotation, which should be big enough for classroom displays, I’ve put a concise summary of what the quotation is about, who said it, and the scene reference.
• Teaching: you could quickly insert the ‘animation’ function into my PowerPoint to turn this int a great classroom quiz, as the coloured explanatory text is essentially the ‘answer’ -so you get a display and a quiz in on e!
• The quotations cover the Histories, Tragedies, Comedies and Late Plays.
• I have chosen more for ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to help our GCSE students!
• Teaching: you could quickly insert the ‘animation’ function into my PowerPoint to turn this int a great classroom quiz. Happy Shakespeare Week, gentles all. Please browse my shop (search under ‘Shakespeare’) for other resources, including a Shakespearean insults tournament lesson and lots of revision packs.

Eight beautiful Shakespeare quotations on equally beautiful backgrounds. Use them for displays, postcards home, desktop wallpapers…whatever you fancy!

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