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Shakespeare: The Nature of Writing and the Writing of Nature

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This lesson plan uses Shakespeare's writing as a model for elementary students, encouraging them use their imaginations to explore to the evocative powers of language. It gives them a manageable piece of text which they can master and...
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History According to Shakespeare

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar while identifying a number of literary elements including simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole. As a response activity, they simulate a mock trial, and finally, compare and contrast...
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Macbeth Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Macbeth. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Timon of Athens Review Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Timon of Athens. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Titus Andronicus Review Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Troilus and Cressida Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Twelfth Night Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona Review Quiz

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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All's Well That Ends Well Review Questions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Hamlet Quiz

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Hamlet. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Henry VI Part 2 Review Quiz

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, learners respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Henry VI. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Julius Caesar

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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King John

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's King John. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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King Lear

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's King Lear. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Character in a Box

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Partners choose, research, and analyze fictional or historical characters and design character life boxes to represent them. They also compose a rhyme royal, which they understand inductively by deconstructing examples. Based largely on...
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MTV and Othello

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After reading Acts III and IV of Othello, give your class a fun, interactive, music-related activity. Begin by asking high schoolers about songs they have heard in movies or plays. Let them look up the lyrics online and ruminate about...
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"Tear him for his bad verses:" Cinna the poet and Shakespeare's Sonnets

For Teachers 10th Standards
Poor Cinna, the poet. His dream of “things unlucky” certainly comes true as the mob tears him apart, at first because they mistake him for Cinna, the conspirator, and then continue to “tear him to pieces for his bad verses.” As part of...
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Much Ado About Something (Lesson 2)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view more video clips of Shakespeare's plays. They answer comprehension questions over the video. They are introduced to the language Shakespeare used as well.
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A Way with Words or Say What?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine Shakespearean language. In this word study lesson, students investigate the meaning of words that Shakespeare invented. Students draw and pantomime with the words prior to writing short stories that feature Shakespeare's...
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Playing with Puns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the wit of characters in two plays. In this drama lesson, students read The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. Blackwood and Twelfth Night by Shakespeare. Students analyze the puns used in both plays and write essays that...
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Much Ado About Nothing

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students read and analyze the works of Shakespeare. In this "Much Ado About Nothing" lesson plan, students deicper the play and research Shakespeare's works. Students create a quiz based on his life and re-enact a scene from the play.
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Henry V - Essay Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this literature instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions Shakespeare's Henry V. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Much Ado About Something

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view video clips of Shakespeare's plays. They discuss issues in his plays that challenge his authorship. They discuss the concept of a genius and identify what qualities a writer has.
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Further Activities with Language

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers chose a favorite passage from a Shakespeare play. They write a letter from one character to another in a novel they have just read. They take a scene from a movie and write it in Shakespearean language.

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