A useful lesson word document, designed to encourage close reading of the play. Lots of questions, line by line, to help students focus on the text. The document would be a useful cover lesson, or help with preparation if you are short of time. It's not fancy but it is focused and will lead to useful revision notes for students. GCSE / A level standard.

Guided questions and activities on Act 3 Scene 1 of Hamlet. Ideal to guide students through close reading of the text and to enable thorough revision notes. There is nothing fancy about the word document - just academic questions, designed to keep students busy and focused. Good for a cover lesson and enough differentiation in the activities to appeal to most learner types. Suitable for GCSE students. Enough work for a couple of lessons at least.

Seven pages of a word document with close reading questions and wider reading activities. Useful to guide students through the text. Appropriate for GCSE and AS/A level. Would easily fill a couple of lessons and enable students to have a good set of notes. Concise for printing purposes - no graphics.

Two pages of ideas for a wide range of activities to draw together an understanding of the events, characters, actions and reactions contained within Act 1. There should be a suitable task for every type of learning style to draw something from the play's first Act. Useful for a cover lesson, or a lesson where you want the students to have freedom to follow their choice of task - some like to write, some to draw, some to talk and others to debate - pick your choice of activity for them.

Two pages of questions and activities related to Act 1 scenes 4 and 5. These will keep students occupied for a whole lesson or more. Close reading and links within the text are required. Activities are varied and would enable differentiated learning.

One page of questions which require close reading of the text, plus activities which can be research, group task or wider reading. Will enable students to understand the text, make detailed revision notes and form links to meanings within the text and the text's place in society. Useful for GCSE and AS/A-level students, plus teachers who want a quick cover lesson. There is enough scope in the activities to enable differentiated learning to take place.

Three pages of close reading of the text questions - line by line - to assist students to understand the content. literary links within the text, imagery, characterisation and meaning. The questions will facilitate a good set of revision notes. Activities include research and presentation, paired and group work, and writing tasks. The materials are suitable for GCSE, AS and A level students. Teachers and parents new to the text may appreciate the line by line approach to studying the text to aid understanding. There is nothing attractive about the word document, this purely for academic content and activities.

This single page will guide the students through close reading of the text of Act 1 Scene 1 of Hamlet by William Shakespeare. It asks specific questions to focus the students learning, as well as differentiated extension tasks of a variety of types of activities - writing, research, drama and wider reading. Aimed at GCSE or possibly AS or A level students. A close reading of the texts is essential for analysing and understanding ways in which meaning is shaped in literary texts. This is a simple word document, no fancy graphics, but ideal for getting to the heart of the issues.