Shakespeare Literature Circles

With your group, look behind each door. Choose the door your group is most interested in. Tell me your door number, and I will tell you which Shakespeare play you will be reading.

Door 1

Door 2

Door 3

Each week for 5 weeks (March 7, 14, 21, 28, April 4) you will read one act of your play and discuss in a literature circle with your group on Fridays. Here is a resource that will help you understand how to prepare for a literature circle discussion.

Literature Circles

I strongly recommend that you view the play before you read. Plays are meant to be watched and enjoyed in a theater. Not all the free versions are the best, but you can watch scenes from very good productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company and view trailers from Shakespeare’s Globe and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to see how different companies are adapting the play for modern audiences.

You can also sign into Clever and click on the Digital Theater Plus app. There are full-length, high quality productions of each play on this app.

Macbeth - Kindle $0.29; paperback $6.99

Macbeth - Free full text online

Macbeth - Movie with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench

Macbeth - Video clips of five different adaptations of

the opening scene

Macbeth - Act 1 Scene 3 RSC

Macbeth - Act 2 Scene 2 RSC

Macbeth - Act 3 Scene 4 RSC

Macbeth - Oregon Shakespeare Festival Trailer

Apple TV+ has a newer version with Denzel Washington as Macbeth

The Tempest - Kindle $0.60; paperback $6.69