'Whipping up a Tempest': The plot of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' in one sea shanty

‘Whipping up a Tempest’ is an original song - a sea shanty - written for schools productions of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
This single song tells the entire plot of the play and introduces the main characters.

Children can sing the verses in small groups and the chorus as a whole class.

This resource contains a vocal version as a guide, an instrumental for the production, a lyric sheet and a link to a video of children singing the song.

‘Whipping up a Tempest’ is my main song from the production.
This and the other 19 songs and pieces of music are available as a single resource in my TES shop.

Feel free to explore my other ‘Shakespeare in Schools’ resources for Macbeth and other plays.