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myShakespeare’s comprehensive learning tools encourage deeper student engagement with Shakespeare’s plays and a richer understanding of the language, characters, and plot. Completely free for the 2024-2025 school year!
Media-rich, full-text editions of Shakespeare's plays
Interactive Content
Engage with the text on a deeper level
Audio recordings
Complete audio recordings emphasize clarity and comprehension.
Performance Videos
Performances of key moments bring Shakespeare's language to life.
Contemporary translations
Our contemporary translation makes Shakespeare's language more approachable.
Character interviews
Interviews with the characters illuminate themes and ignite discussion.
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Supplementary videos
Animated videos explore the plays and their contexts.
Popup notes
Popup notes offer insights into Shakespeare's literary devices.
Students were so much more confident this year and invested in the story, which I credit to using the site and comprehension quizzes.
Erin Stanley
Notebook Study Tools
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Highlighting and annotations
Students can highlight and annotate to engage with the text and respond to assignments.
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Multiple-choice questions
Multiple-choice questions check comprehension as students read.
Short answer questions
Written responses allow students to respond to interpretive questions with their own takeaways.
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Reading comprehension quizzes
Short quizzes after each scene build student confidence.
Student Notebook
The Notebook compiles all student work in one place for easy reference.
Save, export, and share Notebook contents
Students can easily save, export, and share their Notebook contents with their teacher.
Honestly this is an amazing resource that has truly helped my students with grappling with the Shakespearean language. I enjoy the audio having the multitude of characters and it allows the play to come to life. It’s a source that I recommend to any English teacher.
Shannon Flaherty
Classroom creation and management
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Create a Classroom
Teachers can create classroom rosters to access student work.
Student Management
Access and evaluate student work through our classroom dashboard.
Interactive Learning
Review student annotations to evaluate their interaction with the text.
Assessments
Automatically graded reading comprehension quizzes gauge student understanding as they read.
Manage Assignments
Manage reading comprehension quiz availability on a classroom by classroom basis.
The quizzes and notebook are extremely helpful. Students are able to take notes and clear up any misconceptions.
Stephanie Thomas
Explore our plays and characters
Hamlet
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
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Cassius
Katherina and Petruchio
Titania
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Testimonials
Hear from teachers who love myShakespeare
The character interviews were a game-changer for helping students understand the text.
Bronwen
An amazing resource that has truly helped my students with grappling with the Shakespearean language.
Shannon
My students are more engaged, reading more carefully, and improving their fluency.
Kim
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