Ways Into Shakespeare - Hamlet

Subject: English Literature
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 11 - 14
Order Number: 5019

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

Hamlet

Examples of methods and moments of revenge from plays written before and after Shakespeare put the issue of the play into a wider context. Pupils will be the judge of why Hamlet takes the course he does, and whether it is the appropriate one. Can be used at any point during study of the play, before it has begun.