Make Shakespeare accessible, visual and genuinely fun for young English learners!
Shakespeare… But Fun! is a special ESL/EFL resource designed to introduce students to William Shakespeare, the Globe Theatre and three of his most famous plays without turning the lesson into a difficult literature course.
Students meet Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and Hamlet through short readings, comics, humorous challenges, speaking activities, role plays and creative missions. They discover witches, ghosts, impossible love stories, terrible decisions and even Shakespeare-style silly insults!
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
An introductory comic
2 poems, 4 tongue twisters & 1 dialogue
Green Level: Meet William Shakespeare
Blue Level 1: Shakespeare’s Theatre Was Crazy!
Blue Level 2: Romeo & Juliet: Romantic… or Ridiculous?
Blue Level 3: Macbeth: Would You Trust the Witches?
Blue Level 4: Shakespeare’s Silly Insults!
Blue Level 5: Hamlet: To Be or Not to Be?
4 CREATIVE MISSIONS
Become a Shakespeare Actor
Make Shakespeare Modern
Interview a Shakespeare Character
Make a Poster About a Shakespeare Play
SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
What’s Happening on Stage?
Students observe a wonderfully chaotic Shakespearean stage and describe what they can see and what is happening.
At the Globe Theatre
A practical ticket seller/customer role play with show choices, prices and cut-out tickets.
MINI REVIEW
A final playful review helps students consolidate Shakespeare, the Globe Theatre, characters, plays and key vocabulary.