Shakespeare's Language and Iambic Pentameter Activities for any Shakespeare Unit

Help students get comfortable with understanding Shakespeare's language and iambic pentameter using these worksheets and bookmarks! These activities are perfect as an introduction to any Shakespeare unit! These are reference materials your students can use again and again.

Teaching Shakespeare’s language:

✅ Iambic Pentameter practice

✅ “Thou” vs. “You” reference

✅ Tips for approaching unmarked scripts

Your Shakespeare’s Language activities include:

1. Iambic Pentameter Worksheet & Answer Key
2. "Thou" vs. "You" Guide and introduction activity
3. Teacher's Guide for helping students read and act Shakespeare
4. Student reference bookmarks

• Tips for reading & acting Shakespeare
• Shakespeare's vocabulary (QR code for glossary)
• QR code for short video about Shakespeare's contributions to English

What teachers like you are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Love the video and website the codes lead to. Helpful info for beginning a Shakespeare unit!" -Renea C.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Used these documents to help with my Shakespeare unit, and gave the bookmarks to my students to get ready for an artist in residence who is going to help us present scenes from Shakespeare's plays." -Lori A.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This was a very useful resource for my students working with Shakespeare and working with iambic pentameter. I used this as a supplement for the lessons that I gave on Shakespeare and iambic pentameter and it worked really well as a resource for the kids to flip back to. The other thing that I found this useful for was that my kids who were absent could catch back up to the rest of their class very quickly without needing to stop the whole class and bring them up to speed.” -Moira H.

❤️ If you’re teaching Shakespeare, these activities will make your life so much easier! Not only will your students develop a strong understand of iambic pentameter and Shakespeare’s language, the bookmarks make a handy reference tool.

This guide to teaching Shakespeare’s Language is also part of my Shakespeare in 30 collection. This collection of abridged Shakespeare plays helps you bring more Shakespeare into your ELA classroom – all in 30 minutes!

Each play in this series has been adapted for teens to tackle in a half an hour. You can use these scripts for Reader's Theatre (1-2 class periods), Staged Readings (one week), or full productions (3-4 weeks+). These resources have been tested with students in grades 6-12.

You may also like my Introduction to Shakespeare Escape Room and Digital Breakout!

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