Level - Upper-Intermediate to Advanced

This lesson plan follows on from the article 'Shakespeare for Teens' and it is best exploited as a series of two or three lessons. In these lessons students will learn about Shakespeare the man, Shakespeare the poet and Shakespeare the dramatist. They will discover one of his most famous comedies, Much Ado about Nothing, and will have the opportunity to re-enact one of the scenes.

Plan components

Lesson Plan: - guide for teacher on procedure including worksheet tasks and answers to tasks.

Download lesson plan 69k

Worksheets: - exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

• Worksheets and tasks based around the Shakespeare play.

Download worksheets 79k

For more information about this topic you can visit these sites:-

• http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/shakespeare/playhouse.html
• http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/muchado/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shakespeare/60secondshakespeare

The BBC and British Council are not responsible for the content of external web sites, neither do we endorse them. These are the recommendations of the writer .

Jo Bertrand Teacher and Materials writer, British Council, Paris

The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. Where indicated, there is also audio available to be downloaded. Audio is supplied in mp3 format. To download audio, right click on audio file in the Attachment below and save to your computer. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the About page.

Copyright - please read
All the materials on these pages are free for you to download and copy for educational use only. You may not redistribute, sell or place these materials on any other web site without written permission from the BBC and British Council. If you have any questions about the use of these materials please email us at: teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org