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ESL William Shakespeare Lesson - Listening + Writing Activities

ESL lesson on William Shakespeare in slide form: learners describe warm-up pictures, read about his life and the Globe Theatre, then answer questions on a linked listening activity.
Grades
Grades 6–12, Adult Education, High School, Middle School
Pages
15
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA, Language Development, ESL
Topic
ESL, English
Resource types
Lesson Plans, Teacher Tools
Answer key
Included

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This Fantastic ESL EFL TESOL William Shakespeare Lesson (PDF Digital Lesson 15 slides) is Great to stimulate English Learning within Newcomers or any English Second Language Student. Ideal participants for this Activity are Foreign Languages Students at Middle School and early High School. This Product can also be Great for ESL Centers Abroad and ESL Tutors or private teachers. This ESL EFL TESOL Activity can be more than great for intermediate English as a Second or Foreign Language Students.

This StimulatingWilliam Shakespeare Literature ESL-EFL-TESOL Lesson Plan (15 slides) includes:

  • a short Introduction to William Shakespeare and his most famous Plays

  • a Picture Description ESL EFL TESOL Activity given of three scenes (the Globe Theatre, a scene of a Shakespearean play and a photo from a movie/play portraiting Shakespeare while writing)

  • One Listening comprehension Activity (with answers keys in the bottom) with QR Code-Linked YouTube Video

  • One Writing Activity with 2 options (essay on the feelings and emotions that people still feel as they read Shakespeare nowadays and a day in the Globe Theatre; time machine brings you to Elizabethan Era)

This ESL, EFL, TESOL, TEFL PDF Digital Teaching Resource (14 slides + answer keys in the last slide) can be great for Intermediate Advanced English as a second or foreign language learners. Its aim is to make students exercise and/or improve their Listening comprehesion and Writing English as a second language Skills.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Describe pictures of Shakespeare-related scenes in spoken English
  • Answer comprehension questions about a listening passage
  • Explain the meaning of phrases from the reading, such as "the words might look gibberish"

Teaching tips

  • The listening activity opens from an external link, so check that it works and plan for internet access in class.

Skills covered

  • Speaking — describing the warm-up pictures aloud
  • Listening comprehension — answering questions after the linked recording

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