The Merchant of Venice - KS3 - teaching resource

KS3 English Teaching Resources - The Merchant of Venice is a 200 slide PowerPoint presentation with 16 accompanying worksheets to help teach one of Shakespeare's most widely studied dramas.  

The resource contains a progressive series of lessons which develop pupil knowledge and understanding of  plot, characters, themes and language.  English Teaching Resources: The Merchant of Venice - KS3 covers key areas of the curriculum and can be edited and tweaked to suit your teaching needs.  The lessons cover a range of activities for pupils of all abilities such as:

    * an introduction to Shakespeare and the Elizabethan theatre
    * analysis of the characters 
    * Shakespeare's use of structure and contrast
    * language and poetic imagery
    * exploring themes and context
    * Shakespeare's stagecraft - creating and resolving conflict
    * extension tasks, essay questions and links
    * video links to help the teaching and learning of key scenes
    * 200 slide Powerpoint and 14 page worksheet booklet

 KS3 English Teaching Resources: The Merchant of Venice (200 slide PowerPoint and 14 worksheets)

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