Spotlight On… Teaching Shakespeare

Need some help on bringing Shakespeare to life in your classroom, and to celebrate the legacy of one of the greatest writers in history with your class? Look no further and let us do the digging for some ready-made resources to support your Shakespeare lessons.

“O This Learning, What a Thing It Is!”

With Shakespeare comes a huge wealth of history, and we know that there’s quite a lot for your students to learn. Our fantastic To Edit or Not to Edit Learn Screens in our English/Literacy module are here to help you out with teaching Shakespeare…

How Can the To Edit or Not to Edit Learn Screens Help?

  • A Great Introduction to Shakespeare: you can use them to introduce Shakespeare to your class in an engaging, enjoyable way with interactive, colourful and fun graphics.
  • Learn About Shakespeare & English/Literacy Concepts: so not only can you learn about one of history’s greatest writers with the Learn Screens, you can also teach your students important English/Literacy concepts too – winner!
  • Produced with Our Education Team: all our content is aligned to core curriculum objectives and developed with our Education Team, so you know you have a brilliant set of resources to teach with.

How Do I Find the To Edit or Not To Edit Learn Screens?

You can find the Learn Screens by simply going to the English/Literacy module or searching for them in the search bar on EducationCity. Here’s a bit of info on them to help you find them:

To Edit or Not to Edit 1 – How to evaluate and edit a piece of text by changing the word order within a sentence.

  • England: Years 3 & 4
  • Scotland: First ** & First ***
  • Wales: Years 3 & 4
  • N. Ireland: P5

To Edit or Not to Edit 2 – How to evaluate and edit a piece of text by illustrating how to accurately use pronouns within a sentence.

  • England: Years 3 & 4
  • Scotland: First ** & First ***
  • Wales: Years 3 & 4
  • N. Ireland: P5

To Edit or Not to Edit 3 – How to evaluate and edit a piece by changing a text from present to past tense.

  • England: Years 3 & 4
  • Scotland: First ** & First ***
  • Wales: Years 3 & 4
  • N. Ireland: P5

To Edit or Not to Edit 4 – Evaluate and edit a piece of text by changing the tense from first person to third person.

  • England: Years 3 & 4
  • Scotland: First ** & First ***
  • Wales: Years 3 & 4
  • N. Ireland: P5

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