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If you’re just starting out with Othello, begin here! This document provides a full summary of Othello, broken down into Acts and Scenes.
This resource is perfect for teaching or studying - for students of all levels: GCSE, iGCSE, A Level, IB + University.
Before delving deeper into the ideas of the play (and often before even reading the play itself), it’s crucial that students have access to an overview of the key events. This helps them to understand structure and characterisation more clearly and precisely.
This resource is provided in multiple formats for ease of teaching: PPT, digital study guide, printable study guide, student worksheet.
Reasons to love this resource:
A full summary of acts and scenes in the play
Guided study of key plot points
Perfect for grounding students’ knowledge
Help students to achieve higher grades and clarity in writing
Suitable for students of all levels
Visual aids for additional support
Additional tasks and exercises
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A list of 16 different A-level style essay questions on Shakespeare’s Othello for students to practise. These are created specifically for the AQA Aspects of Tragedy module, but are also suitable for other A Level students.
Each question contains an extract, so they are close reading questions - but students will also need to reference the text as a whole to create a fully rounded essay answer.
Please note: This document is for essay questions only; if you’re looking for example essays try the links below:
A Grade Essay + Breakdown (Otherness)
A Grade Essay + Feedback (Othello + Iago)
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Othello - The Complete Plot Summary/Breakdown
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This 8-page resource covers everything you need to know about the Tragic genre in Othello! As a tragedy, the play follows strict rules and conventions - students who understand these conventions are able to analyse the text on a deeper level.
This resource is suitable for GCSE, iGCSE + A Level students. It includes a PPT, digital PDF study guide, printable study guide + worksheet.
Contents:
An overview of Tragedy in Othello
How Othello fits within the Tragic Genre
Key Tragic Terms + How they relate to the play
Visual aids for Study Support
Supplementary Tasks
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A 12-page revision resource with a detailed breakdown of the settings of Venice and Cyprus in Othello. Suitable for students of all levels - GCSE, iGCSE + A Level!
This resource contains four elements to make it adaptable for teaching and studying: PPT, digital pdf, printable pdf + worksheet.
Contents:
A full historical breakdown of Venice
A full historical breakdown of Cyprus
Sociocultural perspectives on the attitudes of Venetians and Jacobeans
A task designed to help students summarise and process their knowledge
Reasons to love this resource:
Perfect for expanding students’ knowledge and interpretations
Help students to achieve higher grades
Suitable for students of all levels
Visual aids for additional support!
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This 12-page resource contains a full process for how to tackle an A Level Othello essay question on ‘Otherness’, including an A* grade example essay at the end.
This particular question has come from an AQA Aspects of Tragedy A Level Literature paper, but the same process could equally be used for any other AS + A Level exam board. The suggested process is also useful for students of GCSE, iGCSE + IB.
Reasons to love this resource:
Perfect for teaching essay structuring + academic writing technique
Gives students a step-by-step process to follow for essay writing
Provides example ‘points’ or ideas that could be used for essay paragraphs
Full A* grade essay example provided
Great for understanding the ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ of essay writing!
ppt, pdf, digital + printable formats for adaptive teaching
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This 12-page resource contains an overview of the most important key quotations in Othello, detailing the speaker, act and scene for each one. Tasks and guidance are also provided, so the document could be used as a full lesson resource for teaching or guided study.
This resource is suitable for GCSE, iGCSE + A Level students. It includes a PPT, digital PDF study guide, printable study guide + worksheet.
Contents:
A list of the most important key quotations, with notes on each one
A suggestion for language devices and analytical interpretations
Tasks and exercises to help students engage on a deeper level
Study support and guidance
Example analyses which link quotations to themes, language and context
Reasons to love this resource:
easily navigable material
clear and detailed information
visual aids for further support
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This 32-page resource provides a detailed look into each of the characters in Othello, including references to their key moments and explorations of common critical debates and interpretations. It also provides tasks for students to explore their own thoughts and opinions further.
This resource is suitable for GCSE, iGCSE + A Level students. It includes a PPT, digital PDF study guide, printable study guide + worksheet, for adaptable teaching.
Characters included:
*Othello
*Desdemona
*Iago
*Cassio
*Brabantio
*Emilia
*Roderigo
*Bianca
other (minor) characters
Reasons to love this resource:
A full breakdown of key characters
Guided study questions to support different interpretations
Perfect for expanding students’ knowledge of characterisation
Help students to achieve higher grades in essays
Suitable for students of all levels!
Extra contextual details, literary device analysis and quotations provided for support with more difficult concepts
Visual aids for additional support!
Supplementary tasks + exercises
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This bundle contains everything you need to teach or study Shakespeare’s Othello in the form of digital and printable PDF documents. It’s perfect for students aged 14+, with extra depth for those studying at A Level and beyond.
PERFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING EXAMS:
AQA Aspects of Tragedy
Edexcel GCSE, IGCSE + A Level
OCR Drama and Theatre
OCR Language and Literature
WJEC GCSE
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Othello - The Complete Plot Summary
With this bundle, students will be able to:
Understand the structural elements and key moments of the plot
Deepen their knowledge of characters, including understanding the deeper messages behind each one
Integrate the significance of the setting into their analyses and interpretations of the play as a whole
Gain confidence in understanding the dramatic form, with a focus on Shakespearean drama
Memorise a range of carefully chosen key quotations for use in essays and analysis
Develop their language, structure and form analysis skills, with guided support and examples
Identify and analyse the thematic and contextual details
Learn approaches to a range of essay question types: discursive, argumentative, close reading
Become confident with extract interpretation and analysis
Develop their knowledge of tragic conventions and apply them to the play
Expand their critical aptitude via exposure to key critical frameworks and critics’ quotations (for higher-level students)
Write their essays on Othello, after support with planning help and example A* / top grade model answers
Reasons to love this bundle:
Downloadable PDF documents, graphically designed to a high level
Visual aids (photographs and drawings) to support learning
Organised categories that simplify the text for students
Print and digital versions - perfect for any learning environment
The unit has everything you need to start teaching or learning - starting with the basic story summary, going right up to deep contextual and critical wider readings.
Lots of tasks and opportunities to practice literary analysis skills - students will be guided through writing a literary analysis response to the play.
This is what you’ll get with this bundle:
(each document includes digital + printable revision guide + PowerPoint + worksheet)
THE COMPLETE OTHELLO COURSE:
Othello - Plot Summary + Structural Breakdown
Setting in Othello
Othello - The Complete Characters’ Breakdown Study Guide
Othello - Key Quotations
Othello - Complete Context Revision
Othello - Key Themes Study Guide
Othello and Tragedy (Genre Breakdown)
Othello - Critical Interpretations + Critics’ Quotations
ESSAY WRITING, QUESTIONS + EXAMPLE ANSWERS
A Grade Essay + Essay Breakdown (Otherness)
A Grade Essay + Feedback (Othello + Iago)
Short Tasks/Exercises
Possible Essay Questions
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