Shakespeare Introduction

Shakespeare introduction unit for KS3. It covers extracts from multiple plays including Henry V, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest.

It includes:

1. Shakespeare introduction lesson
2. Globe Theatre and context
3. Henry V ‘once more unto the breach’ speech lesson
4. Henry V, Richard III and Shakespearean heroes
5. Richard III Act 1 Scene 1 language analysis and paragraph lesson
6. Richard III Act 1 Scene 2 character analysis
7. Othello - Iago as a villain. Language analysis
8. Othello - Act 1 Scene 1 ending. Marriage in Elizabethan times (patriarchal context)
9. Othello - Othello as hero, Iago as villain
10. Introduction to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
11. A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Structure
12. A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Helena (analytical paragraphs)
13. A Midsummer Night’s Dream assessment preparation lesson
14. The Tempest introduction
15. The Tempest Prospero lesson (character analysis)
16. The Tempest Caliban (character/language analysis)
17. Shakespeare assessment review
18. The Tempest Ferdinand lesson (asides, structure analysis)
19. Full SOW document