Ways Into Shakespeare - Antony & Cleopatra
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Subject: English Literature
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 11 - 14
Order Number: 5018
Ways Into Shakespeare
Do your pupils grimace and groan when you take a set of Shakespeare plays into the classroom?
Is the unfamiliar language and inaccessible texts a barrier with modern pupils?
This set of worksheets is designed to provide flexible and innovative ways to help teachers before the introduction the Shakespearean text.
Each pack consists of 20 sides of pupil activities, pupil support material and guidance notes.
- Suitable for all secondary school levels
- Includes photocopiable master worksheets and full teacher's notes
- All based on successful classroom practice
- Uses literature sources both contemporary with and prior to Shakespeare
Antony & Cleopatra
Preparatory worksheets focus on love, using excerpts from other literature, as well as the play itself, to provoke character judgements from pupils.
Accompanying notes give details of ways to move from these into the study of the text itself. Response worksheets then encourage the students to re-assess their character judgements at key points the text.
