KS3 English Shakespeare - full SOW

A full term’s worth of Shakespeare study at KS3, covering a full range of themes and contexts across the major plays - Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Othello.

Term 1 - Shakespeare in Love
Pupil booklet covering the following topics:

• Shakespeare’s work in themes
• Shakespearean settings
• Shakespearean attitudes towards age and gender
• Presentation of gender
• Shakespeare’s characterisation of men and women
• Attitudes towards race and gender
• Power and politics

Corresponding teacher booklet including:

• Map of KS3 AOs
• SOW presented as a weekly breakdown, with learning questions, activities, directed tasks to mark, and homework - all can be copied and/or printed to create own resources
• Key vocabulary linked to the National Curriculum
• Weekly breakdown of learning which corresponds with pupil booklet and includes core knowledge, suggested teaching strategies, links for further reading, and differentiated tasks for high, middle, and lower attainers

Extract booklet

• A booklet containing all of the extracts to be studied, in order

Term 2 - Shakespeare on Film

• Pupil booklet focused on analysing Romeo & Juliet - play and film
• List of media and film terminology
• Covers all aspects of mis-en-scene
• Key scene analysis tasks for all the major scenes
• Think hard tasks for higher ability
• Summer or homework task where pupils plan, direct and act out a key scene

Knowledge Organiser

• Covers context, themes, plot, dramatic and film techniques, as well as comparisons between the play and the film

FANTASTIC set of resources for all teachers (English and drama), but particularly good for new teachers and / or Heads of Department looking to overhaul the KS3 curriculum and do something new and exciting with Shakespeare. Works well as a prerequisite for KS4, too, as covers all of the core content needed.