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Snappy Shakespeare Script: A Midsummer Night's Dream

This reduced script uses only lines from the play to get students familiar with the material.

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Timeline – Shakespeare’s Life and Times

A visual representation of the major events in Shakespeare’s Life and Elizabethan England.

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An Active Introduction to Romeo and Juliet

A fun first contact with Romeo and Juliet, using easy drama techniques that involve the entire class.

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Macbeth Wordsearch

A word search activity including some useful words for Macbeth.

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Annotating Macbeth

This resource walks students through how to annotate text and what to look for.

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An Active Introduction to Macbeth

A fun first contact with Macbeth, using easy storytelling techniques that involve the entire class.

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Words we use thanks to Shakespeare

Create compound nouns like Shakespeare.

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Understanding Shakespeare's Idioms

Learn about some of Shakespeare's idioms.

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Shakespeare's Forgotten Words

Explore some of the words that were in use in Shakespeare's time and that have since been forgotten.

Shakespeare's Birthplace

Visit William Shakespeare's Birthplace and explore his childhood world, right where it all began.

Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Relive Shakespeare's love story at Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Shakespeare's New Place

Walk in Shakespeare's footseps

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Snappy Shakespeare Script: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Timeline – Shakespeare’s Life and Times

An Active Introduction to Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth Wordsearch

Annotating Macbeth

An Active Introduction to Macbeth

Words we use thanks to Shakespeare

Understanding Shakespeare's Idioms

Shakespeare's Forgotten Words

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