Lesson Planning
Fiction
English Year 6 Autumn Classic Plays
Shakespeare
Choose from Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, Macbeth for an in-depth study. Relative clauses & prefixes/suffixes in context of Shakespeare’s new words. Write and perform playscripts. Also in Y5 Spring.
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Unit 1 Core: Romeo and Juliet - Introducing Shakespeare
(suggested as 4 days)
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You Will Need
Texts
Mr William Shakespeare's Plays, Seven Plays by Marcia Williams
Stories from Shakespeare by Geraldine McCaughrean
Websites
The prologue from Romeo and Juliet from the RSC and Baz Luhrmann’s film; BBC Teach video introducing Shakespeare; Animated summary of Romeo and Juliet all from YouTube.com
Shakespeare Song plot summary for Romeo and Juliet; Animated Shakespeare, Romeo fights Tybalt both from bbc.co.uk
Unit 2 SPaG: Identifying and using relative Clauses
(suggested as 3 days)
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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Stories from Shakespeare by Geraldine McCaughrean
Mr William Shakespeare's Plays, Seven Plays by Marcia Williams
Unit 3 Comprehension: Reading and developing an understanding of Macbeth
(suggested as 4 days)
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If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
You Will Need
Texts
Stories from Shakespeare by Geraldine McCaughrean
Mr William Shakespeare's Plays, Seven Plays by Marcia Williams
Unit 4 Comprehension: Reading and developing an understanding of the Tempest
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
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TA/Tutor materials are not provided for this unit.
Back to Lockdown?
Home Learning materials are provided for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
Stories from Shakespeare by Geraldine McCaughrean
Websites
RSC performance of Act 1 Scene 2 of The Tempest from YouTube.com
Survivors washed up on Prospero’s island from bbc.co.uk
Costume designs for The Tempest from virginiavarlanddesign.com
The Tempest animation from bbc.co.uk
Unit 5 SPaG: Understanding and using verb prefixes/suffixes – and Shakespeare’s new words!
(suggested as 3 days)
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If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
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Websites
Coronation Street ‘Phelan sends Luke on a Wild Goose Chase’ from YouTube.com
Animation explaining the idiom ‘a wild goose chase’ from YouTube.com
Unit 6 Composition: writing your own playscripts
(suggested as 4 days)
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If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
You Will Need
Texts
Stories from Shakespeare by Geraldine McCaughrean
Websites
Three actors perform the first lines of Hamlet’s ‘To be, or not to be’ speech:
Papa Essiedu, David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch from YouTube.com