Macbeth - character development
HTML

'Show the Development of the Character of Macbeth in Act 1'. A clear and complete set of notes studying Macbeth's character development in Scene 1.

Jan 99

Macbeth - Macbeth & Lady Macbeth
HTML

A simple but very effective worksheet to fill in identifying plenty of quotes about Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Pupils must identify who said the words and why.

Jul 99

Macbeth act 2 sc 2 - essay plan
HTML or PDF 10KB

An essay plan / writing frame for suitable a lower ability, or younger, group.

Sep 00

Merchant of Venice - A Portrait of Antonio
HTML

A simple single sheet resource (13kb gif image) that graphically outlines quotes from Act 1 Scene 1. Plenty of space on the sheet for students to make further notes on each quote.

Jan 99

Merchant of Venice - act by act summary
HTML

Just as it says, a concise act by act summary of the play.

Feb 99

R & J - timeline, day by day
HTML

A one page summary outlining the key events in the play day by day.

Jan 99

R & J - timeline, act by act
HTML

A tabulated one page summary outlining the key events in the play act by act.

Jan 99

R & J - summary information
HTML

A brief description of the play followed by an act by act summary and a comment on why the play is so popular.

Mar 99

R & J - character summary
HTML

A summary of all the characters in the play along with details of who comes to a sticky end and by whose hand.

Mar 99

R & J - who was to blame?
HTML

A very popular unit of work where groups have to decide who was to blame from a set of statements about the main characters. These statements take the form of a set of cards that are arranged to form a blame hierarchy.

Mar 99

Taming of the Shrew - plot and themes
HTML

A couple of pages that summarise the plot and then go on to investigate some of the themes that run through the play.

Mar 99

Taming of the Shrew - examine Katherina's speech
HTML

A worksheet planned to give practice at answering questions under exam type conditions.

Mar 99

Taming of the Shrew - Katherina writes to a friend about Petruchio
HTML

A worksheet investigating Katherina's and Petruchio's character which has Katherina writing a letter to an imaginary friend about Petruchio as the written work.

Mar 99

Taming of the Shrew - the two plots in the main play
HTML

This worksheet investigates the parallel plots in the play: how they are initiated, how they progress and their similarities. Pupils then go on to write a lenghty and detailed essay, intended to make revision for the exam easy.

Mar 99

Hamlet - an approach
HTML or PDF 30KB

Want to comprehensively study Shakespeare's Hamlet? Why not try it this way?

May 00

Twelfth Night - test paper
PDF 163KB

Interesting and varied questions to probe your pupil's depth of knowledge on Twelfth Night. A copy of the test paper with the answers is available here.

Jan 00

The Winter's Tale - suggested teaching approaches
HTML or PDF 16KB

A full unit of work presenting good ways of teaching The Winter's Tale.

May 00