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Download your FREE Shakespeare Starter Pack!

Engage your English students in the Shakespeare play of your choice...

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This Starter Pack includes 8+ practical exercises to engage modern students (while saving precious planning time in the process!).

Inside this exclusive Starter Pack, you will find:

  • An introduction to Shakespeare and Elizabethan Theatre
  • Text-based activities for theme and language analysis
  • Key scene 'Compare & Contrast' exercises

Explore the Shakespeare Starter Pack...

Jade Anouka (Mark Antony) | Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse) | © Helen Maybanks
Rosie Sheehy (King John)| King John (Royal Shakespeare Company) | © Steve Tanner
Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo) and Ellie Kendrick (Juliet) | Romeo and Juliet © Shakespeare's Globe

Encourage diverse interpretations and analysis

With this dynamic collection of activities and lesson tools, you can help students connect with Shakespeare, leading to enhanced literary analysis and top-level marks.

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Engage modern students in the world of Shakespeare

Fostering student engagement in Shakespeare is not about changing the words on the page, it's about how you bring those words to life.

DT+ houses productions from Shakespeare's Globe, the RSC, BroadwayHD, and more...

Scaffold learning with differentiated assessments

Develop a student-centered approach with resources for students of varying skill levels, from a foundational understanding, to advanced analysis.

This Starter Pack includes free trial access to explore the entire DT+ platform!

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Is this resource for you?

Are you studying Macbeth? Romeo and Juliet? Julius Caesar?

This Starter Pack includes practical activities that span the introduction, analysis, and consolidation of Shakespeare's works, and can be mapped to the play of your choice.

No more looking for individual Shakespeare lesson plans and resources – find everything you need in one place!

✓ GCSE  ✓ A-Level  ✓ International Baccalaureate (IB)