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Shakespeare's King Lear
Did your class just finish reading Shakespeare's King Lear? Test them with these ten multiple-choice questions covering the play. It's a fairly easy, simple quiz.
Royal Shakespeare Company
King Lear Teacher Pack 2016
Disguises, deceptions, destruction. Thankless children, wise fools, aging rulers, and knaves. The Royal Shakespeare Company's 2016 King Lear Teacher Pack provides instructors with a wealth of resources for a study of Shakespeare's famous...
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King Lear - Another Shakespearean Massacre: Fun Trivia Quiz
Capture your learners' attention with this online quiz on the characters who die in William Shakespeare's King Lear. Readers of The Bard answer ten multiple choice questions that detail 10 ways that different characters die during the...
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King Lear: Fun Trivia Quiz
This Fun Trivia quiz incorporates vocabulary, quote identification and character recognition questions for Shakespeare's classic play King Lear. As with all Fun Trivia quizzes, it may be necessary to review content for usefulness....
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King Lear by William Shakespeare: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Shakespeare's King Lear. Students may check some of their answers online.
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King Lear
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's King Lear. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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A Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of William Shakespeare's King Lear
King Lear is a powerful and complex tragedy that looks deeply into political power and family dynamics, loyalty, betrayal, aging, and madness. This teaching guide includes scene-by-scene plot summaries, information about the elements of...
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I Want to Believe: Astrologers and Sceptics in King Lear
Students examine two conflicting writings on solar eclipse that occurred on Black Monday and discuss them in the context of Shakespeare's King Lear. In this Shakespeare lesson plan, students discuss astrology and read the speeches made...
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Who's the Fool in King Lear
Students complete close reading and character analysis for Shakespeare's King Lear. In this play analysis lesson, students reenact scene 1, Act 1 and pick only the lines that demonstrate action. Students act out the scene so their body...
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King Lear: Fun Trivia Quiz
Some amusing commentary accompanies the answers to this interactive online quiz about Shakespeare's tragedy, which is on the syllabus for many high school seniors. The details in question range from fundamental to esoteric. Check content...
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Festival of Fools
Students act out lines from King Lear to show a character's folly. In this English literature instructional activity, students identify the 'folly' of a given character by choosing a passage from King Lear to demonstrate a time when the...
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NOTHING TO LEAR BUT LEAR HIMSELF
Students read a scene from King Lear and decide collaboratively how best to present it. In doing so, they examine the scenes and the play from multiple perspectives.
College Board
2000 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions
No one is perfect. George Orwell argues imperfection is preferred over sainthood. Scholars write essays describing how he expresses his argument in writing. Writers also respond to Eudora Welty's recollection of life experiences with...
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All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren: Study Guide - Mini Essays
For this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Mutability Questions
For this poetry analysis worksheet, students read the poem "Mutability," by William Wordsworth and then respond to 6 discussion questions. The questions require students to consider the role of religion and the impact of sudden change as...
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Comparison of King Lear and King James
Students learn of the comparisons between Shakespeare's play, King Lear, and the actual King James. They make historical connections through internet research.
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Three Great Plays of Shakespeare
In these comprehension worksheets, students complete activities after reading "Romeo and Juliet," "Macbeth," and "King Lear." Activities include matching characters with descriptions, short answer and true/false questions. Activities are...
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Henry V Quiz
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 14 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Henry V. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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CTBS Mechanics Practice #1
Use this CTBS mechanics worksheet to reinforce the correct use of commas, punctuation, italics, letter writing, and capitalization. Middle schoolers are given information on each of these areas and then answer a total of thirty multiple...
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Sophie's World Quiz
After reading Sophie's World, high schoolers answer as many multiple choice questions as possible. There are just about 30 questions posted online, and learners can hit "submit" to receive immediate feedback.
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Shakespearean Idioms
How do you react if you're "hot-blooded?" What happens when you engage in a "wild goose chase?" And what are "salad days?" Use this worksheet and the online Visual Thesaurus to answer these questions and more. Based on Shakespearean...
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Shakespeare: First or Last Lines
Decipher which Shakespearean plays these lines open or close. All that is given in the question is the line along with whether it is an opening or closing line. Four choices of play titles are available to pair with quotes. How well do...
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Breath, Eyes, Memory Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Edwidge Danticat's Breath, Eyes, Memory. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Old Man and the Sea Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. Students may submit their answers to be scored.