Analytical writing based on the character Shylock from a Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare.

A grid for students to plot the main differences between Callum and Sephy in Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.

This is a revision clock based around Priestley’s An Inspector Calls.

An activity centered around revising key characters and themes from Macbeth. Students can race against the clock to see what they can remember or take extra time in adding as much detail as they can to each section.

This lesson is based on students crafting a creative piece of writing based on interpretations of the three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Students watch a clip of three directors take on the witches, are given guidance on what to include within their writing and a prompted on how to write their creative piece.

This worksheet has room for students to write about key characters, themes, quotes and authorial intent. It also breaks down the family tree of the main characters within the play.

Roll the dice and explain how the image is linked to the text. Roll again and link the two images together! This is a great resource for revision, introducing students to links across the text and is a fun an interactive resource!

This resource contains seven weeks worth of homework tasks! These activities are aimed at KS3 and KS4 learners and center around the theme of Romeo and Juliet. Each week contains three fun activities to stretch learners and get them thinking outside the box. Activities include dual coding, essay style questions and language technique recaps as an example. This will save you so much time with your planning and will hopefully encourage your learners to get their homework in on time!

This is a full lesson walking students through how to write a monologue. This is based around the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding. It allows students to embody the character and retell events from their view.

A worksheet focusing on how the character of Sheila is presented in an Inspector Calls.

A time line to use alongside the play Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. Students can use this time line to track Callum and Sephys relationship and how it grows and develops over time.

Is the relationship between Jessica and Lorenzo sincere? This lesson explores act five scene one of Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare. This resource comes with both a complete lesson PowerPoint and extract for analysis.

What does good analytical writing look like? Merchant of Venice lesson on exam technique and practice question.

This quick and fun activity will be sure to have your students engaged! Using the worksheet students will select a word from categories A through to C in order to create a Shakespearian insult. This could be used as an icebreaker activity or as a fun way to start or end your lesson…who can come up with the best insult?

Introduction To Shakespeare - Dual coded knowledge orgainser which includes contextual information, key terms and key plays.

A revision crossword with clues based on the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet.

Students sort statements about the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet into true or false piles. This is a great game for revision, consolidating knowledge or homework.

Three pages of questions based on Romeo and Juliet Act One, Scene Five. Can be used as part of a lesson, cover work or homework.

This is a full lesson based on debating who killed King Duncan in the play Macbeth. The police report is a fun way of engaging students in both language analysis and exploration. By the end of the lesson students should have an extensive list of evidence from the text evaluated in order to deduce and debate who killed king Duncan.

Link the symbols on the worksheet to different events and themes in the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet.