Teaching Shakespeare Manual

A rehearsal for "A Midsummer Night's Dream," 2009

All this is included in the Teaching Shakespeare Kit for only $39!




The Mentor Manual: The YES Mentor Manual has over 100 pages of detailed, one semester (12 weeks) long lesson plans for parents or teachers seeking to teach students all about Shakespeare and his works. Each week's lesson is mapped out for the instructor, with lectures, activities, games, and supplemental resources included. 

The Mentor Manual's Table of Contents 

I. Parent Guide 
II. Parent Reference
III. Table of Contents
IV. Ascension Qualifications
VII. Rank Elevation Goals
VIII. Presentations Topics
IX. Vocabulary Lists
- List 1 - Play Categories 
- List 2 - Shakespearean Terms
- List 3 - Elizabethan Terms
X. Warm-Up Games
XI. Weekly Lessons 
Week One: Why Study Shakespeare? 
Week Two: The Life of Shakespeare
Week Three: Shakespeare's Plays
Week Four: The Five Act Play Structure
Week Five: Poetic Language
Week Six:  Iambic Pentameter
Week Seven: Soliloquies and Set-pieces
Week Eight: Bantering and Clever Wit
Week Nine: “The Fourth Wall” and Using Asides
Week Ten: Allusions in Shakespeare 
Week Eleven: Costumes and Characters 
Week Twelve: Shakespearean Poetry and Rhyming Structures
XII. Rank Elevation Certificates


Play Study Guides: The Play Study Guides are for the specific play you and your students wish to study that semester. Each one includes reading and writing assignments for each week, as well as a soliloquy to memorize as part of the student's Ascension Qualifications.



We currently offer "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Macbeth." (The Play Study Guides can be copied for all students being taught in your class or home and should be added to the Student Manuals.) 

FREE! More study Guides will be added soon, and will be sent to our first 50 customers for FREE as they are finished. Please contact us at info@yeshakespeare to request other plays or for more information.

Student Manuals: The Student Manuals are also included, and can be copied for each student being taught in each classroom or home. (The Play Study Guides can be copied for all students being taught in your class or home and should be added to the Student Manuals.)

The Student Manual's Table of Contents

I. Parent Guide
II. Parent Reference
III. Table of Contents 
IV. Weekly Assignments
V. Soliloquy
VI. Ascension Qualifications
VII. Rank Elevation Goals
VIII. Presentations Topics
IX. Vocabulary Lists
- List 1 - Play Categories
- List 2 - Shakespearean Terms
- List 3 - Elizabethan Terms


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