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Survivor: Illyria
This lesson uses a game with a strong popular culture reference to introduce students to the characters in Twelfth Night. As students role play various characters, they see how various alliances form, especially along status lines. The …
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"Very tragical mirth:" Romeo and Pyramus, Juliet and Thisbe
Shakespeare tells the same story in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe, only one story is tragic and the other comic. This lesson asks students to investigate Shakespeare's use of the different elements of poetry to understand …
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www.Midsummer
Students will use online resources in order to examine patterns of imagery in A Midsummer Night's Dream. By comparing these patterns to those of other Shakespeare plays, the students will draw conclusions about the different reasons …
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Character Found Poems: Investigating Language in Twelfth Night
The language that Shakespearean characters use is key to understanding their motivations, preoccupations, and desires. In this lesson, students will analyze and review the characters after reading Act 1 of Twelfth Night by creating a …
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“Such Friends Are Thine Enemies": Dangerous Language in Othello
In this lesson, students will focus on Iago's soliloquies, in which he speaks directly to the audience, to explore how he uses language to win - and potentially lose - the sympathy of the audience.
This lesson can be used during your study of the …
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"I am determined to prove a villain"
Richard III, Shakespeare, and the Creation of Villains
In preparation for an assessment in which students will place Richard's villainy in historical/cultural context, students will create a list of historical and fictional figures and identify the qualities and behaviors that make them …
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"In the round": Shakespeare Socratic Seminar
Students will:
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"Knock, knock"
Students will explore the use of sound as a special effect to enhance or radically change the meaning of a scene. They will provide a soundscape for Macbeth's porter scene, and conclude by listening to and watching two very different …
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Prospero: Turkey or Tyrant?
Students will study characterization and the difference between subjective and objective point of view by creating tableaux to depict three interpretations of the story of Prospero's overthrow, each with a very different point of view. The lesson …
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Famous Death Lines
In this pre-reading activity, students are introduced to the drama and language of Shakespeare by delivering the famous last words of his characters.
This lesson will take one class period.
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Lesson 04: What, Did Caesar Swoon?
Often in Shakespeare, significant events are reported by actors who have witnessed them, rather than the audience seeing the events themselves. Today, students will create "silent scenes" of Caesar rejecting and then accepting the crown, in order …
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And We All Sit Down: Status in King Lear
Determining status is an important way for students to understand the relationship between characters. This lesson plan uses two simple status games to allow students to explore the relationships between Lear, his three daughters, and his …
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Ariel, the (occasionally) tricksy spirit
Students will focus on the character of Ariel. Using both online research and close reading in small groups, the students will come to a better understanding of this tricksy spirit.
This lesson will take one to two …
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Fairy-Fair, Truth or Dare
In today's lesson, students will be immersed in the language and imagery of the fairy world explored in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Students will tackle the unfamiliar language of the central fairy characters (Puck, Oberon, and …
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www.As You Like It
Students will use online resources in order to examine patterns of imagery in As You Like It. By comparing these patterns to those of other Shakespeare plays, the students will draw conclusions about the different reasons Shakespeare uses …
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Lesson 12: Following the Blood
Students will understand Mark Antony's mastery of manipulation by looking at how he manages stage direction and tableau, audience, and props in the assassination scene. They will closely examine the role of blood in the scene by seeing it …
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O, Lear's Many Reasons
Students sometimes have trouble discerning Lear's intentions in this outburst. This performance exercise will help them identify his "darker purpose", and let them explore different styles for reading it aloud.
This …
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War and Remembrance: St.Crispin's Day speech from
Henry V
The subject of war always gives rise to interesting and heated discussions, whether we’re about to begin
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"Who's there?": Acting in the Dark
In modern theater, electric lighting allows a variety of lighting conditions which can be used for dramatic effect. In Shakespeare's time, outdoor theaters such as the Globe used natural light, and indoor theatres such as the Blackfriars used …
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Unlocking Soliloquies and Unleashing "the Dogs of War"
Students who are more than happy to discuss plot and dialogue are often intimidated by soliloquies. The following activity uses Mark Antony's moving soliloquy over Caesar's dead body as an example, but it also works wonderfully for other …
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