Features
- PDF Curriculum: Immediately available, downloadable, printable*
- Credits: One Semester — Fulfills 1/2 of the literature analysis component of a high school ELA credit.
- See explanation of ELA credit HERE.
- Includes: 4 no-busywork PDF study guides (also sold individually)
- Adaptable: average to honors level, with instructions
- Fillable fields for student responses
- Background information; vocabulary, questions by Act and Scene
- Suggested writing assignments; enrichment activities
- Recommended passages for memorization
- Answer Keys
- Self-paced Online Video Course (Optional, additional purchase)
Four from Shakespeare: Literature Study Guides makes studying the Bard easy and engaging for homeschool families! This convenient, no-busywork, money-saving curriculum includes Sabrina Justison’s study guides for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, and King Lear in one bundle.
Intimidated by teaching Shakespeare? Fear not! These homeschool-friendly study guides help high school students explore four classic plays, understand Shakespeare’s language, and discover why his works are still loved today.
Study one play each year or dive into all four in a semester. Either way, your teens might just learn to LOVE Shakespeare!
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Study Guides for the following Shakespeare plays are included in this bundle
NOTE: The plays listed above are not included in your purchase. This high school curriculum includes the study guides only, designed to accompany your teen’s reading of all four plays. Most titles can be found in your local library, some can be found in their entirety online, or if you’d like to order new or used copies of these outstanding books, 7Sisters recommends the affordable Folger Shakespeare Library editions of these plays for their helpful, easy-to-follow notes on every facing page. Any edition will work, but Folger is a homeschool favorite! (We’re fans, not affiliates.)
You will receive two ZIP files:
- Student files: a study guide for each of the four plays; includes fillable fields
- Parent files: four answer keys
With fillable fields, teens have options:
- Answer the questions on the computer, then …
- email to the parent for grading OR
- print the page and turn in for grading
- Print the guides, write answers by hand, turn in for grading
Explore four of Shakespeare’s greatest plays with engaging, homeschool-friendly high school study guides! Four from Shakespeare covers two tragedies and two comedies (as Aristotle defines them), introducing teens to the meaning of blindness, love that makes fools of us all, a young adult’s search for identity, the power of disguise, and more.
Students unpack literary devices like soliloquies, allusion, metaphors, and malapropisms while discovering how Shakespeare’s characters and stories still connect to their own lives today.
Students follow a simple, 3-step process that makes studying Shakespeare approachable and enjoyable! Each study guide includes engaging vocabulary work and essay or personal response assignments to help teens explore the characters, plot, themes, and their own Shakespeare experience.
1. Read the SUPER-FAST SUMMARY. Get the story basics so you’re ready to follow along!
2. Watch a production of the play. Each guide recommends a quality video production. Use the summary as needed, relax, and let the story unfold! Meet the characters, decide who you like (or don’t!), and discover who reminds you of yourself or someone you know. No note-taking required—just enjoy the story!
3. Read the play and dig deeper. After watching, read the script and tackle the guide’s no-busywork, brain-engaging questions organized by Act and Scene. Build comprehension, explore big ideas, and develop thoughtful responses to Shakespeare’s timeless works.
Learn more about teaching Shakespeare at these 7Sisters blogs and podcasts:
How to Include Shakespeare in your Homeschool Plans
How to Handle Shakespeare for Homeschool Co-Ops
Teens Really Engage with Shakespeare’s Comedies and Tragedies
How to Teach Shakespeare so Teens Will Like It
Teaching Shakespeare and Loving It! Interview with Kat Patrick
Make Your Teen a Shakespeare Fan with Much Ado About Nothing
*You may print any 7Sisters curriculum for your own family’s use.
- Print at home or use a local print shop in your area.
- Work with a printing company.
- Watson Family Press specializes in printing homeschool curriculum. 7Sisters customers SAVE with discount code: 7SISTERS
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