Curated OER
Message in a Bottle
Students read acts from The Tempest and complete analysis activities for the play. In this Shakespeare lesson, students read the first four acts of The Tempest and choose one of the characters to write a rescue message from their point...
Curated OER
Tempest in the Lunchroom
Students act out opening shipwreck scene of The Tempest, or watch and direct others doing it.
Curated OER
Ariel, the occasionally, tricksy spirit
Students focus on Ariel's character and use online research and close reading in small groups and examine more understanding of the tricks spirit. Each group is assigned a scene and they make notes of Ariel's action, behavior, and...
Curated OER
Prospero: Turkey or Tyrant?
Students study characterization and the difference between subjective and objective points of view by creating tableaux to depict three interpretations of the story of Prospero's overthrow, each with a very different point of view. They...
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The Tempest" Study Guide [Pdf]
Complete study guide to William Shakespeare's "The Tempest," providing pre-reading material, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking discussion and writing prompts.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: "The Tempest" Study Guide
An overview of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and a synopsis of Acts I-V and the Epilogue are included in this thorough study guide designed to aid comprehension of the play.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides the complete text of Shakespeare's works. Content also includes a search engine (for looking up words and/or phrases), a chronological and alphabetical listing of his plays, a collection...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Tales From Shakespeare
This site from Bibliomania provides great information on Charles Lamb's Shakespeares works. Includes a brief summary, then lists his famous plays, and each has a summary that can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding link. This is...
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Tempest by William Shakespeare [Pdf]
This is a three-page PDF providing background about the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
Absolute Shakespeare
Absolute Shakespeare: The Tempest Study Guide
This site provides a complete study guide for William Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest including a plot summary of each act, commentary, a review of the characters, a character analysis, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous essay on The...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Life and Times
This resource deals with Shakespeare's life, society, drama, art, music, politics and history of that time. The full text to many of Shakespeare's plays is also included.
Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Online: The Tempest
Access lines and staging prompts for scenes from William Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest. The scenes are displayed according to act with the setting included. Additional resources are provided on the landing page. Extensive resources...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Tales From Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb
Mary Lamb, with the editorial help of her brother, Charles, rewrote twenty of Shakespeare's plays into stories for children. This is a copy of the tex which introduced Shakespeare to many people of all ages throughout the nineteenth and...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Tempest by William Shakespeare
This is the full text of the five-act play The Tempest by William Shakespeare including a list of characters and an epilogue.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature: The Tempest by William Shakespeare
This lesson is an introduction to The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare. It features a list of essential questions for the unit.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Tempest by William Shakespeare: Life of Shakespeare
This lesson focuses on the life of William Shakespeare including links to historical documents about him including his Last Will and Testiment. It provides links to a Discovery Education video, stories from Encyclopedia Britannica's...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Tempest by William Shakespeare: The Play
This lesson introduces the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Language. It offers links to background information about the play, a study guide, a website about the play, and an article about Shakespearian...
Other
William Shakespeare Info: "The Tempest Play by William Shakepeare"
This site focuses on The Tempest by William Shakespeare including information about the play, setting, theme, famous quotes, a summary, facts about the play, a list of characters, and a link to the full script.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Tempest by William Shakespeare: Review
This lesson is a review of The Tempest by William Shakespeare. It features a photo album of characters from the play, a link to the Absolute Shakespeare: The Tempest Study Guide, and online practice questions.
TES Global
Tes: Twelfth Night, the Comedy of Errors and the Tempest (2012) Teacher Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] The resource "What Country, Friends, Is This? Three Plays by Shakespeare" from Royal Shakespeare Company offers teaching materials for Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, and The Tempest. The...
TES Global
Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: The Tempest
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson plan for teaching The Tempest including information about Elizabethan Theatre, the play, the theme of power and hierarchy, the setting, the characters, figurative...
TES Global
Tes: The Tempest by Shakespeare: Prospero's Power
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a graphic handout "Examples of how Prospero's power is displayed by the language used in Act 1 Scene 2" which uses quotations to show Prospero's power.
TES Global
Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: The Tempest
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of resources for Shakespeare's The Tempest, a story of a shipwrecked, exiled duke, who plots revenge, and his daughter, who dreams of love. Compare productions and see how artists...
TES Global
Tes: The Tempest: Complete Scheme of Work!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a PowerPoint with a series of lessons and activities to use for teaching "The Tempest."