Shakespeare's As You Like It Close Reading Analysis Worksheets Bundle

Challenge high school students to go beyond basic reading comprehension and practice critical thinking and dramatic craft analysis skills while engaging with William Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It. Included are twenty-two close reading worksheets, each addressing an individual scene, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By the end of the play, students will:

• Read for literal comprehension

• Demonstrate knowledge of historical context

• Determine the meanings of unfamiliar and archaic words

• Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings

• Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

• Infer the intended effects of the author's stylistic choices and dramatic techniques

• Determine the functions of given scenes and characters

• Describe tone in context

• Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact

• Apply knowledge of literary devices such as allusion, dramatic irony, hyperbole, metaphor, paradox, simile, situational irony, and more

• Consider themes in context

• Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence

• Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision

• Come to class better prepared to discuss dramatic works

Materials in this bundle may facilitate small-group discussions in which students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development. Using these resources for structured guidance, students will improve their ability to present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly and convincingly.

Materials are available for teaching a variety of Shakespeare's plays:

• Hamlet - Google and printable

• Julius Caesar - Google and printable

• King Lear - Google and printable

• Macbeth - Google and printable

• Othello - Google and printable

• Romeo and Juliet - Google and printable

• The Merchant of Venice - Google and printable

• The Taming of the Shrew - Google and printable

• The Tempest - Google and printable