Our ‘Shakespeare’ collection of units is designed to share the works of one of our greatest writers and to foster a love of his stories. A focus on spoken language skills will ensure pupils are able to perform their written work to an audience.

• EYFS – Romeosuarus and Juliet Rex: 3- and 4-year-olds: To sequence images depicting key events in the story and use the images to retell the basic storyline. Children in reception: To rewrite the story.
• Year 1/2 – Lit for Little Hands: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: To write a character description based on the character that they have designed.
• Year 2/3 – Usborne Young Reading: The Tempest: Re-tell an abridged version of the story.
• Year 3/4 – A Stage full of Shakespeare Stories: The Merchant of Venice: Write a guide for visiting The Globe Theatre in London.
• Year 3/4 – A Stage full of Shakespeare Stories: Julius Caesar: To write a playscript for part of the story.
• Year 5/6 – Bold and Brave Women from Shakespeare: To write and perform a soliloquy (monologue) in role as one of Shakespeare’s characters.
• Year 5/6 – Poetry for Kids: William Shakespeare: To write a sonnet as a goodbye to a teacher, a friend or the primary school itself.

Our mixed age planning was written to support a variety of school settings.  From one mixed age class to a school with several mixed age classes, the planning can be flexibly adapted using a range of cycles to suit. Cycles of mixed age planning are available for years 1/2, 3 /4, 4/5 and 5/6. They have been carefully thought out to ensure progression and coverage of skills for each of the year groups whilst retaining high quality texts suitable for the age range. We are always happy to advise on different configurations of classes and how Pathways to Write can be adapted to suit any circumstance.

All of the Shakespeare units comprise 15 sessions of English planning and focuses on mastering key writing skills (grammar, vocabulary and punctuation) from the national curriculum. They contain opportunities to develop reading comprehension, writing composition and spoken language. These skills are woven throughout the units.

Term information: This Shakespeare themed collection of units aligns with skills and progression covered in Pathways to Write, Summer 2.

Resources: PowerPoints, lesson plans and abridged methodology.

These units can be used individually or as part of a whole-school themed project.

The supporting texts for the units of work can be purchased at Peters Ltd at 30% off the RRP price of the books*:
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