Shakespeare Introduction Scheme of Work

Shakespeare introduction from B and D Publishing. The KS3 scheme of work Introducing Shakespeare is an introduction to Shakespeare’s England and Theatre. There are worksheets on Elizabeth I, Elizabethan Clothes, Houses and Homes, Food, Life in Town and Country, Shakespeare’s Home and Family, Stratford-on-Avon, School, Games and Sport, Fairs and Festivals, Ships and Sailors, and Shakespeare’s London.

The section on Shakespeare’s theatre includes worksheets on Plays and Pageants, Travelling Players, Elizabethan Theatres, Actors and Writers, Plays, Plague and Poems, Shakespeare’s Histories, Comedies, Tragedies, The Globe, The Stage, Stage Properties, Costume and Special Effects.

This pack includes a simple model of the Globe theatre for pupils to make - an effective way of making the essential features of the Elizabethan stage clear to students. The pack is also suitable for home learning.

The scheme of work is 40 pages and free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-introducing-shakespeare-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-11889712

We also offer a KS4 Shakespeare pack, providing an introduction to the author and his works, with worksheets about the Bard’s life and times and examining extracts from a selection of his works: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-shakespeare-pack-scheme-of-work-12346647

Also available are Introducing A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Introducing Romeo and Juliet. These KS3 teaching resources are written in three sections: a shortened, simplified version of the play in Modern English; a matching shortened version in Shakespeare’s English; and worksheets on the play:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-introducing-a-midsummer-night-s-dream-scheme-of-work-11895881
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-introducing-romeo-and-juliet-scheme-of-work-11891511

We also offer the Starting Shakespeare series, short simple introductions to the plays for KS3, available for: Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Twelfth Night; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Much Ado About Nothing; The Tempest; The Merchant of Venice; Julius Caesar; Henry V; Richard III.

Also available is our ‘In Focus’ series of KS3 classroom display materials and worksheets for the following plays: Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Tempest; Henry V; Twelfth Night; Richard III.

KS4 schemes of work are also available for: Othello; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Henry V; Romeo and Juliet; Julius Caesar; The Merchant of Venice; Macbeth; Twelfth Night; Much Ado About Nothing; The Tempest; Richard III. KS4 Shakespeare resource packs contain scene by scene notes on the play, story summaries and differentiated worksheets. The workbooks can also be used by pupils for GCSE exam revision.

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