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An assembly to celebrate the birthday of William Shakespeare in April. This highly dynamic presentation has an assembly plus a range of ideas and resources for follow-up form time activities. This beautifully-designed and editable 22-slide Powerpoint presentation creatively presents information on this event and can be showcased to any age group and includes specific pages for primary or secondary students. It includes images, dynamic transitions, informative text, video and links for extension work in form time – including extra video and classroom activities. Slide 1: Who was William Shakespeare? Slide 2: Why does William Shakespeare matter? Slide 3-7: How does Shakespeare influence our modern culture? Includes video Slide 8: Final thought Slide 9: Follow Up Form Time activities Slide 10: Shakespeare insult generator Slide 11: Writing sonnet activity – with Marcus Rashford example Slide 12: Acting a short Shakespeare scene Slide 13: Shakespeare word search Slide 14: Shakespeare colouring activity Slide 15: Shakespeare translator activity Slide 16: Shakespeare scavenger hunt Slides 17-22: William Shakespeare form-time quiz – with answers As reviewers have stated for previous resources shared on TES: “I sat down to plan my assembly for next week and found this resource, and it’s perfect. The best £2 spent. Thank you. I can teach this straight from the slides.” “Just buy it!” “Your resources have been life savers!” “Well worth the money and really saved my life” “I just wanted to say that as a non-specialist these resources are worth every single penny! Thank you so much for making and sharing them.” “Blown away by this! Can’t thank you enough!” “They have saved me a huge amount of time and the detail that goes into your work is second to none. You put others to shame who charge twice as much for very little. Can’t thank you enough.” “Your new spec resources are saving me hours & hours of work! Thanks, they are really good.” “These resources are so useful - I cannot tell you how much time they have save me - very clear to follow and easy to adapt for revision material — well worth the money”

A revision resource for GCSE students to help them memorise key quotations from Macbeth. A 5 page document, colour-coded according to character. Accompanying brief analysis of each quotation: stylistic features, key themes, similar scenes. Easily adaptable for differentiation.

L1: Who was Shakespeare? Romeo and Juliet FREE - Lesson Two: Bundle Sow: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-12908632 This SoW is designed in detail and is both differentiated and engaging, and allows you to move pupils through content efficiently. Made to the highest standard and constructed using current research, both dual coding and retrieval practices are at the heart of this unit. A colour scheme also runs throughout to ease both your delivery and students comprehension. SoW: Can the World Ever Become Fully Developed? L1: Who was Shakespeare? L2: How is Romeo and Juliet Set Up By the Prologue? L3: Why is Act 1 Scene 1 Significant? L4: How Does Romeo’s Emotions Evolve Upon Meeting Juliet? L5: Why Does the Capulet Party Advance the Story? L6: How Do Romeo and Juliet Display Their Attraction to Each Other? L7: How Romeo and Juliet Present Themselves to Each in the Balcony Scene? L8: What is the Significance of Friar Laurence? L9: Why is the Nurse Included in Romeo and Juliet? L10: How Do Mercutio and Tybalt Change the Direction of the Story? L11: How Does the Story Develop After Tybalt’s Murder? L12: How Does the Presence of Paris Complicate the Story? L13: What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of Fairer Lawrence’s Plan? L14: How does Friar Lawrence’s Plan Start to Go Wrong? L15: How does this Story of Romeo and Juliet End? If you leave a review of any of our resources, you can claim any **FREE ** single resource from our ever growing library. Simply message the above email, which is monitored daily. teachercentralltd@gmail.com

A wordsearch made up of the players in Shakespeare’s theatre. Includes the answers!

A lesson introducing students to the language of Shakepeare. Ideal for KS3 or KS4 who need an introduction to the language techniques. Updated May 2018

This resource contains an informative and fully editable 75-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and work of William Shakespeare, The Bard of Avon. It is an ideal resource for World Book Day, William Shakespeare Week and Shakespeare's birthday. The Powerpoint focuses on: His birthplace and parentage His family References to, and excerpts from, well-known plays – Hamlet, Macbeth The Globe Theatre and Shakespeare Memorial Theatre The Puritans' banning of theatres and plays The Royal Shakespeare Company Shakespeare's contribution to the English language His burial place New Place Shakespeare Week Shakespeare's Annual Birthday Celebration in Stratford The presentation also contains hyperlinks to engaging, short clips (3 minutes) of Macbeth – film and Opera versions. There are also links to Shakespeare's birthday celebration parade in Stratford and an entertaining stage debate about which word to stress in the phrase 'to be or not to be' involving Prince Charles, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant. A simple text version of this resource, more suitable for primary / older SEN pupils, is also available: William Shakespeare Simple Text Presentation You may also be interested in: Shakespeare - Set of 45 Quote Posters William Shakespeare Puzzle Pack William Shakespeare Bundle William Shakespeare Quotes Quiz Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide: How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide

Do you know your Taylor Swift lyrics from your William Shakespeare prose? Here’s the ultimate challenge in this 15 Question Quiz! I have created this for my upcoming Shakespeare Week as part of a House competition. Feel free to adapt it and use in whatever way you feel is best for you - could also be a perfect activity for your English and/or Drama lessons.

This resource is the first lesson in a series of lessons on Shakespeare, primarily this topic leads into a 3 week unit on Macbeth. It is a taster of our resources and is offered for free. I have included the planning for the first week so you can see where the topic is going. We aim to release the rest of the resource in the next few weeks. I would love some feedback on this one though, and will happily take suggestions for the remaining unit.

English and Drama Shakespeare quiz and answers for KS4 and KS3 Students. This is a versatile and fully editable resource for either an Online virtual lesson or a more traditional classroom based lesson. This quiz is all about everything Shakespeare This quiz includes a wide variety of different rounds including: matching rounds, photo rounds, linking rounds , number round, multiple choice round , designing round, word search, anagrams and much more… Contents of Quiz ☞ 1 x Professionally Designed PowerPoint Quiz ( Containing 10 Different Rounds and over 50+ Questions) ☞1 x Set of certificates for winning students (Gold, Silver and Bronze) ☞ 1 x Full set of Answers (Animated at the end of the Quiz) ☞ 1 x Student Answer Sheets they can fill in during the quiz ☞ 1 x FULLY DIGITAL STUDENT ANSWER SHEET ☞ Quiz can be done as an individual task or in small teams. ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ You may want to check out some of our highly rated English resources: ENGLISH ESCAPE ROOM Shakespeare 24 Task Cards A Christmas Carol 24 Task Cards English End of Term Bundle Careers in English Quiz Lesson GCSE English Language Escape Room Why is reading Important Assembly Search ‘Cre8tive Resources’ for support with our library of resources or send us an email. Leave a review and email TheCre8tiveResources@gmail.com for a free resource as a thank you!! Explore all our resources on TES

A class assembly (15-20 minutes) suitable for Years 5-6 on the subject of Shakespeare. Shakespeare himself appears, speaking only in lines from his plays, having been brought from Tudor times using a time machine created in a science lesson! The assembly teaches interesting facts about Shakespeare’s life and ends with the message that perseverance is the key to achieving anything. Includes lyrics to a Shakespeare song sung to the theme tune of The Addams Family! There is scope for pupils to create their own mini-sketches if wanted. Enough speaking parts for a class of 30+, or can easily be adapted for smaller numbers.

Midsummers Night’s Dream by William Shakespear - KS4 - (16 Lessons!) L1: Who was Shakespeare? Leave a review for a FREE single resource FREE - Lesson Four: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13006756 FREE Animal Farm SoW: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12942163 Midsumer Night’s Dream Bundle SoW: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/midsummers-night-s-dream-13006755 This SoW is designed in detail and is both differentiated and engaging, and allows you to move pupils through content efficiently. Made to the highest standard and constructed using current research, both dual coding and retrieval practices are at the heart of this unit. A colour scheme also runs throughout to ease both your delivery and students comprehension. Midsummers Night’s Dream by William Shakespear - KS4 - (16 Lessons!) L1: Who was Shakespeare? L2: Why was the Globe Theatre Significant? L3: How Does Midsummer Night’s Dream Begin? L4: What is the relationship like between the four main characters in MSND? (FREE) L5: What is the Nature of the Character Helena? L6: Why Does Shakespeare Introduce the Mechanicals? L7: How do the Fairies Advance the Story? L8: What is the Relationship Between Oberon and Titania? L9: What Motivates Oberon’s Plan? L10: How Does Puck’s Mistake Cause Chaos? L12: How Does Shakespeare Start to Increase Tension (Act 3 Scene 2)? L13: Midsummer Night’s Dream - Mid-Story Review L14: How Act 4 Scene 1 Show Off Oberon Power? L15: Why Does Shakespeare Use a Play Within a Play? L16: What Feelings Does MSND Ending Create in the Audience? If you leave a review of any of our resources, you can claim any FREE single resource from our ever growing library. Simply message the above email, which is monitored daily. teachercentralltd@gmail.com I hope you find this SoW useful. If you have, I have created a series of resources. You can check them out here. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TeacherCentral

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This 32-slide lesson explores William Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 130’. The lesson considers what we might expect typical love poetry to entail and how Shakespeare subverts our expectations. Students are prompted to question stereotypical depictions of romance and romantic imagery, and to think about how Shakespeare plays with the sonnet form itself. Questions, discussion points, and tasks are featured throughout, including an analytical ‘mini-essay’ in response to a question. The lesson ends with a creative writing (poetry) task that could be set in class or as a homework activity. This lesson is ideal for KS3. A copy of the poem (with glossary) is included.

Students create a leaflet about Shakespeare using the guidance and questions on the worksheet. It usually takes pupils between 2-3 lessons to complete. It also makes a straightforward and convenient cover lesson. N.B. Pupils will need access to the internet for their research or, alternatively, you could print off the research fact sheets for them (website on the worksheet) Did you find this resource helpful? Please consider leaving the resource a quick review to help others decide whether they should download it too. Thanks in advance :)

**Ideal for KS3 Shakespeare units/ introductions to Shakespeare at KS4. Highly challenging and fully resourced! Part of a complete introduction unit (bundle available). ** LO: To develop an understanding of the conventions of Shakespearean tragedy and the role of the tragic hero. Literacy ‘Do Now’ task Oracy task- Talking Point class debate Conventions of the tragedy genre Dramatic structure Comparing/ contrasting theatre production posters The Great Chain of Being + King Lear Analysis of King Lear (extract) Mini plenaries

English (and drama) Shakespeare quiz and answers for KS3 or KS4 Students. Versatile editable resource for either an Online virtual lesson or a more traditional classroom based lesson. The topic of the quiz is Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet Quiz This quiz includes a wide variety of different rounds including: matching rounds, photo rounds, linking rounds , number round, multiple choice round , designing round, word search, anagrams and much more… Contents of Quiz ☞ 1 x Professionally Designed PowerPoint Quiz ( Containing 10 Different Rounds and over 50+ Questions) ☞1 x Set of certificates for winning students (Gold, Silver and Bronze) ☞ 1 x Full set of Answers (Animated at the end of the Quiz) ☞ 1 x Student Answer Sheets they can fill in during the quiz ☞ 1 x FULLY DIGITAL STUDENT ANSWER SHEET ☞ Quiz can be done as an individual task or in small teams. ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ You may want to check out some of our highly rated English resources: ENGLISH ESCAPE ROOM Shakespeare 24 Task Cards A Christmas Carol 24 Task Cards English End of Term Bundle Careers in English Quiz Lesson GCSE English Language Escape Room Why is reading Important Assembly

**Ideal for KS3 Shakespeare units/ introductions to Shakespeare at KS4. Highly challenging and fully resourced! Part of a complete introduction unit (bundle available). ** LO: To develop an understanding of the conventions of Shakespearean comedy. Literacy ‘Do Now’ task Oracy task- Talking Point class debate Conventions of the comedy genre Comparing/ contrasting theatre production posters Analysis of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (extract) Exploring comedy settings Descriptive writing task Mini plenaries

A 6 week SOW introducing students to Shakespeare. Resource includes: a detailed PowerPoint additional resources, including script extracts homework project medium term plan Over the 6 weeks students will be introduced to Shakespearean langauge, practically explore the story of Hamlet, The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet. In an assessment lesson, students will work towards performing an extract from a Shakespeare play and have the option of using Shakespearean text, or modern text.