Shakespeare Explorer KS3
Shakespeare Explorer KS3 is a five-mission Year 8 English activity book mapped to the DfE National Curriculum for KS3 Literature. Students discover who William Shakespeare was, sort famous plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream into the genres of tragedy, comedy and history, and learn stagecraft vocabulary including playwright, act, scene, soliloquy, prologue and audience. Knowledge questions are auto-marked on screen, while two maker missions invite students to write a short scene and design a Globe Theatre poster. The whole book can be printed with a full answer key, and it is fully SEND-friendly with high-contrast and large-text modes.
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What you'll learn
- Literature — Shakespeare
Inside this resource
- 5 printable pages
- Answer key included
For the student — how to do this
You're going to work through three knowledge missions about William Shakespeare and then two maker missions. Answer on screen and I'll check your knowledge straight away, or print the book and complete it on paper. Take your time — real explorers read every fact carefully!
For parents and carers
This is a KS3 (Year 8) English activity book introducing William Shakespeare. Talk through the fact box together, and encourage your child to use the new drama words — playwright, genre, soliloquy, act and scene — when they explain their answers. The final two missions are creative, so praise effort and imagination.
For teachers and tutors
A five-mission KS3 activity book covering DfE English Literature: Shakespeare. Missions 1–3 are auto-marked knowledge recall (biography and context; genres tragedy/comedy/history and themes; stagecraft vocabulary). Missions 4–5 are open creative tasks (write a scene, design a Globe poster). Suitable for guided or independent use, and as a low-stakes introduction before a set text.
How to check the work
The knowledge missions are checked with the "Check my answers" button, which marks every response and gives feedback. Missions 4 and 5 are open-ended and are not auto-marked — check them against the answer sheet notes.
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