Do you struggle to engage students with Shakespeare? We've collaborated with professional actors, theater historians, & experts in creative dramatics to develop these 7 intro to Shakespeare lessons, designed to inspire theater & language arts students to love the work of the Bard!

This bundle includes 7 of our most popular activities, and is sold at a 25% discount from the original price!

Setting the Stage for Shakespeare: Drawing Shakespeare's Metaphors addresses the visual nature of Shakespeare's language by having students draw artistic interpretations of some of his most colorful quotes. Product Includes:

• Detailed step-by-step guide for teachers.
• 2 pages of carefully selected Shakespeare quotes.
• Illustrations modeling expectations, including a 1-page example of student work.
• A worksheet for students to create their artwork on.
• A scoring rubric.

Setting The Stage for Shakespeare: Elizabethan England on Five Tuppence a Day quizzes students on how much they really know about the incredible day-to-day life in Elizabethan England. Product includes:

• A 30 question multiple-choice quiz focusing on daily life, the nation, and the theatre.
• A teacher's key with detailed explanations of each answer.
• Follow-up class discussion questions.

Setting the Stage For Shakespeare: If Shakespeare Wrote About You presents a series of ice-breaker questions, where students are encouraged to share about themselves and learn what type of play they would be a character in. It can be completed either as a written questionnaire, or an active full class game! Product includes:

• 20 fun multiple-choice questions.
• Explanations of the 4 categories of Shakespeare's plays.
• A teacher's key explaining which play is referenced in each question and answer.

Setting the Stage for Shakespeare: Write a Shakespearean Scene shows how, with just seven steps, students can write their own scene in the style of Shakespeare's language. Product includes:

• A handout that models 7 easy steps to mimic Elizabethan English.
• A worksheet for students to write their own scene.
• A grading rubric.

Setting the Stage for Shakespeare: Surprising Shakespeare is an engaging introduction to Shakespeare's plot and characters - Covertly disguised as a fun creative script-writing challenge. Product includes:

• Detailed step-by-step instructions for a 2-day lesson.
• 18 Shakespeare-based prompts for students to adapt into their own original scripts.
• A 2-page teacher's "Prompt Key", explaining which plays each prompt is from.
• A 1-page example of student work.
• A scoring rubric.

Haunting True Stories of the "MacBeth" Curse is a perfect-for-Halloween Powerpoint, highlighting 10 frightening disasters linked to this legendary, ominous play. Product includes:

• The history of the famous "curse".
• 16 engaging and artfully created slides.
• 10 detailed, spooky, and real historical incidents.

Setting The Stage for Shakespeare: William Shakespeare, Tabloid Star

How do you teach the life of a man shrouded in mystery? In "William Shakespeare: Tabloid Star" students become investigative reporters, exposing the life of Shakespeare in the form of celebrity gossip. Student groups are given tantalizing scoops, guiding them to the real scandals and theories that have followed Shakespeare for centuries!

Included material:

• Assignment description and example of student work.
• Scoops and investigative clues surrounding 6 stages of Shakespeare's life
• A teacher's key with detailed explanations of each clue and scandal.
• Rubric to assess student learning

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