Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Words, Words, Words
This reference from the Folger Shakespeare Library shares words from the works of William Shakespeare. Word jumbles of Shakespearean words and phrases, along with answers keys, are provided.
TES Global
Tes: Shakespeare Extracts: Hamlet Ghost Lesson Plan
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan for Shakespeare's Hamlet focuses on the Ghost in the opening act of the play. It includes reading the excerpt, listing the words/phrases characters use to describe the Ghost, listing...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides the complete text of Shakespeare's works. Content also includes a search engine (for looking up words and/or phrases), a chronological and alphabetical listing of his plays, a collection...
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The Phrase Finder: Home Page
"A professional writers' resource from The Phrase Finder for generating ideas for headlines, advertising copy, song lyrics, etc." Just type your word and the phrase finder will find a phrase to match it. L.9-10.4c References, L.9-10.4d...
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Tes: Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet Plot & Characters
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides a number of activities for the introduction of Romeo and Juliet. Students will dig more deeply to aspects of the plot and characters of Romeo and Juliet. Translations of phrases...
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Lib.: Shakespeare for Kids: Shakespearean Compliments [Pdf]
Helpful chart for creating honeyed phrases to compliment your friends and classmates in language that Shakespeare would have used.
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The Phrase Finder: Meanings and Origins of Phrases
The free section of this site provides the meanings and origins of thousands of quotations, euphemisms, popular fallacies and misheard song lyrics. A British site, some of the expressions are not familiar to most Americans.
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Interactive Shakespeare Project: "Measure for Measure"
This is an interactive project on Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure," with study questions and movie clips. Click on hyperlinked words to get a "modern" translation of confusing phrases and ideas, and learn more about the play by...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Shakespearean Dating Tips
Beyond giving the world dozens of English language masterpieces and inventing countless words (including the word countless), William Shakespeare, ever the overachieving bard, especially had a way with the romantic turn of phrase....