Schools choose from one of three plays this year.
Either : The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, or Richard III.
Did you know that the questions set by the exam board relate to just TWO of these set scenes, and so whilst pupils need to know the context of the whole play, the focus is towards just these two scenes?
So what are the scenes?
Well our friends at sats past papers have done it again – they have produced a downloadable document, which set out these scenes for each of the plays. They also have DVDs for each of the plays which schools and parents will find useful.
Let’s face it, the more you watch the relevant DVD, while concentrating on the scenes that will be set the better! The KS3 shakespeare question in may will print out the relevant text from the scene and then ask pupils a question relating to this text. Pupils that already know the scenes will have a great head start.
Schools will already know which play they are doing, so my advice is to ask your teacher which Shakespeare play your child will be sitting, and then to get practicing as soon as possible.
Further details are set out below :
