Hamlet is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare’s plays on LearnEnglish Teens.
11 March, 2016
11 March, 2016
Macbeth is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare’s plays on LearnEnglish Teens.
10 March, 2016
Much Ado About Nothing is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare’s plays on...
10 March, 2016
Romeo and Juliet is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare’s plays on LearnEnglish...
10 March, 2016
The Tempest is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare's plays on LearnEnglish Teens.
8 March, 2016
This is a series of extension activities to be used alongside our Shakespeare lesson plans for teens.
26 February, 2016
This lesson is all about manipulation and Shakespeare’s play Richard III.
9 February, 2016
This lesson examines the role of women in Shakespeare’s day (16th/17th century), and compares this with the roles and characters of some of...
8 February, 2016
This lesson encourages a personal response from students, asking them to discuss how ambitious they are personally.
8 February, 2016
This lesson is about Hamlet’s ‘To be or not to be’ speech. It provides students with the opportunity to become familiar with the situations...
8 February, 2016
This lesson is about one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, Hamlet. Students learn about the characters and listen to a summary of the...
8 February, 2016
Students start by discussing a very well-known idiom. They then consider some true/false statements about Shakespeare and idioms before...
8 February, 2016
This lesson provides students with examples of violence in plays such as Macbeth, Richard III and Titus Andronicus.
8 February, 2016
This lesson is about the life of William Shakespeare and his family, and their relationship with money.
8 February, 2016
This lesson is based around the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. It looks at the themes and language that Shakespeare uses to describe...
6 February, 2016
This lesson is about the popular and tragic Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet.
5 February, 2016
This lesson encourages an exploration of how the meaning of the word ‘tragedy’ has evolved since Shakespeare’s time.
5 February, 2016
This lesson provides students with information about Shakespeare’s history play Richard III, and raises awareness of how Shakespeare used...
3 February, 2016
The lesson looks at stereotypes and attitudes towards women and different race in Shakespeare’s time.
3 February, 2016
This lesson is an introduction to Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice.
3 February, 2016
This lesson is about Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice and has been written primarily for students who are already familiar with...
2 February, 2016
This lesson looks at metaphors in general and then Shakespeare’s metaphors in more detail.
1 February, 2016
This lesson is about Shakespeare’s life. It provides students with an insight into the major events of his life.
1 February, 2016
Students discuss questions about lies and deception in Shakespeare's Othello.
1 February, 2016
This lesson introduces the concept of telling lies and gets students to discuss this.
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11 March, 2016
Hamlet is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare’s plays on LearnEnglish Teens.
11 March, 2016
Macbeth is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare’s plays on LearnEnglish Teens.
10 March, 2016
Much Ado About Nothing is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare’s plays on...
10 March, 2016
Romeo and Juliet is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare’s plays on LearnEnglish...
10 March, 2016
The Tempest is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare's plays on LearnEnglish Teens.
8 March, 2016
This is a series of extension activities to be used alongside our Shakespeare lesson plans for teens.
26 February, 2016
This lesson is all about manipulation and Shakespeare’s play Richard III.
9 February, 2016
This lesson examines the role of women in Shakespeare’s day (16th/17th century), and compares this with the roles and characters of some of...
8 February, 2016
This lesson encourages a personal response from students, asking them to discuss how ambitious they are personally.
8 February, 2016
This lesson is about Hamlet’s ‘To be or not to be’ speech. It provides students with the opportunity to become familiar with the situations...
8 February, 2016
This lesson is about one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, Hamlet. Students learn about the characters and listen to a summary of the...
8 February, 2016
Students start by discussing a very well-known idiom. They then consider some true/false statements about Shakespeare and idioms before...
8 February, 2016
This lesson provides students with examples of violence in plays such as Macbeth, Richard III and Titus Andronicus.
8 February, 2016
This lesson is about the life of William Shakespeare and his family, and their relationship with money.
8 February, 2016
This lesson is based around the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. It looks at the themes and language that Shakespeare uses to describe...
6 February, 2016
This lesson is about the popular and tragic Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet.
5 February, 2016
This lesson encourages an exploration of how the meaning of the word ‘tragedy’ has evolved since Shakespeare’s time.
5 February, 2016
This lesson provides students with information about Shakespeare’s history play Richard III, and raises awareness of how Shakespeare used...
3 February, 2016
The lesson looks at stereotypes and attitudes towards women and different race in Shakespeare’s time.
3 February, 2016
This lesson is an introduction to Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice.
3 February, 2016
This lesson is about Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice and has been written primarily for students who are already familiar with...
2 February, 2016
This lesson looks at metaphors in general and then Shakespeare’s metaphors in more detail.
1 February, 2016
This lesson is about Shakespeare’s life. It provides students with an insight into the major events of his life.
1 February, 2016
Students discuss questions about lies and deception in Shakespeare's Othello.
1 February, 2016
This lesson introduces the concept of telling lies and gets students to discuss this.
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29 August, 2014
This unit is designed to explore Dylan Thomas’ childhood account of a Christmas Day experience and give learners the opportunity to develop...
23 December, 2011
In this lesson students read an extract from 'A Christmas Carol' and examine the characters in the text. They then discuss the theme of...
1 February, 2016
This lesson provides students with the opportunity to revise their knowledge of the plot and characters from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
30 June, 2011
This lesson encourages learners to speculate about a passage from A Tale of Two Cities, and later use that speculation to generate their...
30 June, 2011
This lesson encourages learners to think about their own stylistic choices, after reading an extract from Dickens' Bleak House.
10 February, 2014
This lesson focuses on crime and punishment in Shakespeare’s time. It aims to develop students' topic-related vocabulary by introducing...
14 December, 2011
This lesson is for high intermediate level students and above. It involves reading an extract from Dickens' work for gist and then reading...
19 December, 2011
This Heroes and Villains film explores the relationship between the writer and the city he lived in.
20 September, 2011
This lesson enables learners to practise skills of reading for gist, reading for detail, and understanding meaning from context. They also...
21 August, 2014
This lesson aims to introduce students to the historical and religious context of Shakespeare’s England through exploring the theme of...
1 February, 2016
This lesson is intended to introduce students to the theme of disguise and to the play Much Ado About Nothing.
15 March, 2014
This lesson is about Dorothy Lawrence, a British woman who disguised herself as a man and travelled to the front line during the First...
27 February, 2014
This lesson is designed to introduce students to Dylan Thomas’ poems which focus on the theme of death. We recommend you use it with older...
21 January, 2015
This is one of the four lessons designed to explore the videos produced by the British Council for the birth centenary of Dylan Thomas. The...
18 September, 2013
This lesson prepares the students to learn more about the Magna Carta by describing and explaining the social structure in England 800...
8 March, 2016
This is a series of extension activities to be used alongside our Shakespeare lesson plans for teens.
27 February, 2014
This unit is designed to introduce students to one of Dylan Thomas’ most celebrated poems. It gives students the opportunity to gradually...
21 November, 2011
In this lesson students focus on reading and understanding dialogue in an extract from Great Expectations. There is also a chance for them...
10 November, 2014
This lesson is about the problems that different people faced at the beginning of the 1200s.
14 September, 2011
In this lesson students learn about divorce law through a jigsaw reading activity and then give a short presentation on an aspect of it.
21 November, 2011
In this lesson students take part in a visualisation activity before reading, listening to and discussing passages from Dickens' work. This...
24 January, 2013
This lesson is designed to give students opportunities to get acquainted with the main characters in Pride and Prejudice in order to...
4 November, 2013
This lesson looks at John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields. It provides students with practice of reading and analysing a poem, with a...
21 April, 2014
This unit is designed to introduce students to Dylan Thomas in the year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. It gives students...
13 December, 2013
This Lesson is designed to introduce students to the characters and plot of Northanger Abbey as well as to introduce students to Austen’s...