Introducing Shakespeare at KS2
Immerse your class in murder, mayhem, monsters and magic with our exciting Shakespeare pack for years 5 and 6.
Comprising five units on Macbeth and five on The Tempest, the pack is crammed with a range of teaching ideas and activities to introduce your upper KS2 classes to the Bard and bring two of his most famous plays to life.
What's included?
- 49 supporting resources
- includes reading comprehensions, GPS challenges, writing tasks, role-play and cross-curricular extension activities for each session
- links to the curriculum.
What's inside?
Finding your way around the curriculum pack (page 4)
Curriculum coverage and mapping (pages 5-8)
Session 1: Macbeth – Witches (pages 9-17)
- Resource - Macbeth: The witches’ opening speech
- Resource - Exploring character through simile
- Resource - If I met the witches…
- Resource - Witch research
Session 2: Macbeth – The murder of King Duncan (pages 18-32)
- Resource - Pin the comma on the sentence
- Resource - Macbeth – Relative clauses
- Resource - Relative clause dice game
- Resource - Conversation scenario cards
- Resource - Conversation scenario cards: Extension version
Session 3: Macbeth – CSI Banquo (pages 33-47)
- Resource - Murderous modal verbs
- Resource - Macbeth’s dagger
- Resource - Crime scene investigation
- Resource - Crime scene report
- Resource - Tragic strip: Macbeth Act IV, Scene IV
- Resource - Character list
- Resource - Dinner party places
Session 4: Macbeth – Double, double, toil and trouble (pages 48-61)
- Resource - Fun with fronted adverbials: Dice game
- Resource - Something wicked this way comes
- Resource - Double, double, toil and trouble
- Resource - Recipe for a witch’s charm
- Resource - Predictive text
- Resource - Medieval medicine
- Resource - Medieval medicine: Suggested websites and answers
Session 5: Macbeth – The battle (pages 62-70)
- Resource - Five senses character sheet
- Resource - The king’s speech – plan
- Resource - The king’s speech – speech scaffold
- Resource - Medieval weaponry research
Session 6: The Tempest – The storm (pages 71-69)
- Resource - The Tempest: Act I, Scene I (extract)
- Resource - Dictionary corner: The Tempest
- Resource - Castaway comprehension
Session 7: The Tempest – Full fathom five (pages 80-89)
- Resource - Ariel’s entrance
- Resource - Noun phrase hunters
- Resource - Full fathom five
- Resource - Famous Quotes from Shakespeare
Session 8: The Tempest – Comedy and confusion (pages 90-99)
- Resource - Island rules: Comprehension
- Resource - ‘If I were king of this isle…’
- Resource - Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban: Act II, Scene II
- Resource - Seafaring research
Session 9: The Tempest – Magic and monsters (pages 100-106)
- Resource - Alonso’s guilt
Session 10: The Tempest – Magical Island
- Resource - Blurb template
- Resource - Magical island story: Planning sheet>/li>
- Resource - Designing a mask – The Tempest
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