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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dropping-in a Line

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read any play (A Midsummer Night's Dream, for example.) They participate in a teacher-led relaxation exercise designed to help the students review specific lines from the play. They write about the experience and answer other...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What? Did Caesar Swoon?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners discover the "dumb show," a scene that enacts a story silently while focusing on an example from Hamlet. Divided into groups, they act out the silent scene from the play. Again, in groups, they create a "dumb show" from Julius...
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Lesson Plan
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

Reading Literature - My Last Dutchess

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Draw back the curtain, add a spot of joy to your class, and let learners be lesson planed by a close reading exercise that models how to develop an interpretation based on evidence drawn from a text. Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue...
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Lesson Plan
Shakespeare in American Life

"Strike a Pose:" Music and Vogueing in The Winter's Tale

For Teachers 11th - 12th
After class members have read and discussed Act III of The Winter’s Tale, groups select one line from Act III, scene i that they feel captures the essence of the entire scene. They then create a tableaux that best depicts the scene’s...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Colons, Semicolons, and Dashes

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Colons, semi-colons, and dashes are three of the most misused punctuation marks! This worksheet allows learners to better understand when it's appropriate to use each one, and gives them some practice in doing so. There are six sentences...
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Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Past and Present Verbs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Online interactives are fun for early finishers, great at independent work stations, and perfect for home schoolers. Use this one to reinforce the use of helping verbs. Learners complete each of the 20 sentences using a drop down located...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

That's Not a Noun!

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this grammar worksheet, students read a list of 12 words that can be verbs or nouns. Students use the words to complete 12 sentences.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Homonyms- Quiz 22 (Online Interactive)

For Students 5th - 6th
For this homonyms worksheet, students complete a 20 question online interactive multiple choice quiz about the proper use of homonyms in sentences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading and Study Guide: Julius Caesar Act I

For Students 9th - 12th
In this reading and study guide students define vocabulary and literary terms from Act I of Julius Caesar. Students give examples of literary terms found in the reading and answer comprehension questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL Past Simple or Present Perfect? Verb Tense Worksheet

For Students 6th - 11th
In this ESL past simple or present perfect verb tense learning exercise, students choose the correct form of the verb given in brackets to complete 23 sentences.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Rhythm in Richard III

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze how the rhythm of how the words are presented affect meaning and tone in scenes from Richard III. In this meaning and tone lesson plan, students analyze dialogue between Lady Anne and Richard and how the rhythm and sound...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Know Your (copy)Rights

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students define public domain and provide examples of work in the public domain. They define copyright, provide examples of copyrighted materials, and state the procedure for securing copyright for their own work
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Worksheet
Curated OER

"West Side Story"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this music history worksheet, students discover the musical "West Side Story" by first reading a summary of the plot. Students answer 5 questions about the story line. Students then read and analyze the lyrics to "America" and discuss...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

That's Not a Noun!

For Students 5th - 6th
In this nouns and verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 12 sentences with a word from the word bank that is commonly used as a verb, but may also be a noun.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Homonyms - Quiz 2

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this homonyms worksheet, young scholars read the sentences and select the correct spelling of the homonyms to complete the online quiz. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Good Words are Better than Bad Strokes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research negative campaigns and propaganda and then interpret characters from Julius Caesar in that light. For this negative campaign lesson plan, students take the character and create visual images to depict the characters in...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Passive Voice

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this passive voice worksheet, students complete the sentences with am, are, or is, also complete them with verbs, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Close Reading of a Sonnet

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students practice reading sonnets line by line to find the message of the sonnet.  In this sonnet activity, students read a sonnet one line at a time as the teacher projects it for the entire class.  As each line is shown, students focus...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Street Language

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students consider the impact of language. In this literacy lesson, students read an article about literary classics being rewritten in "youth speak" (the article is not included). Students read and discuss the article.
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Article
Shakespeare Globe Trust

Shakespeare's Globe: Fact Sheet: Writing Plays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article containing pictures, information, and additional resources about William Shakespeare and other playwrights of his time, what they wrote about, and the three types of plays at that time.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare's Othello: Resources and Worksheets

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] These are resources including worksheets, activites, and writing assignments for Othello. Activities include looking for examples of the themes of jealousy and deception, comparing Iago's and Othello's...
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Lesson Plan
Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Page to Stage

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, source material for Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," lesson plan teaches students to analyze the structure of a play's text in a way that will give them a clearer understanding of how to perform...
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Article
Shakespeare Globe Trust

Shakespeare's Globe: Fact Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre by exploring nine context links: William Shakespeare, London, Special Effects, The Third Globe, The Globe, Playhouses, Audiences, Indoor Theatres, and Writing Plays.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: Workbook

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a 30-page study guide for the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare including "The Prologue" and excerpts from the text with questions, research on the context of the play, figurative...