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Teaching Shakespeare with Film

An activity sheet to help learners explore stage directions. thumbnail
An activity sheet to help learners explore stage directions. thumbnail

Ages

5–16

Nation

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

This session introduces exciting strategies to teach Shakespeare with film to build your learners’ confidence when tackling key texts.

Building on our core learning framework – the 3Cs and 3Ss – you'll get a chance to try out activities to support students’ comprehension and analysis skills, cutting through challenging language to make meaningful connections to the plays being studied.

The materials here complement the Teaching Shakespeare with Film training session.

This resource includes

This Resource Supports

  • English Literature
  • Film Literacy
  • Digital Literacy
  • Drama

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