Free Resources
Complete Practice Booklet
35 pages of Elizabethan and Shakespearean material for information and oral practice. The booklet is prefaced with teaching suggestions for all the pieces. Most pieces are also found on the sidebar.
Rhetorical Devices
This is a list that defines and gives examples of 24 rhetorical devices Shakespeare commonly used.
Shakespearean Timeline
Events in Shakespeare's life, probable years of each play, and other events and publications of the times, are summarized in this useful chart.
Synopses
Each play starts with a synopsis. I just thought I would put them all on here for free. Surfing the net I found such nonsense in disguise as Shakespearean synopses, I feel it my public duty to provide at least 12 that are ACCURATE! Accurate also happens to be my favorite word for describing the writing of Shakespeare.