Held in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company and featuring special guests including director Justin Audibert
Presented by CBBC's Katie Thistleton and Karim Zeroual
Send in your questions to [email protected] or use the hashtag #bbclivelessons
(The Comedy of Errors: Act 1, Scene 2)
That's the end of the Shakespeare: Unplugged Live Lesson but don't forget you can still send in your questions for the next 24 hours and we'll try our best to answer as many as possible. Get in touch via email at [email protected] or use the hashtag #bbclivelessons
No, we don't mean that kind of shorts... Although in the Elizabethan era, men did wear a combination of tights and shorts called a doublet and hose! BBC Bitesize have a short animated retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zyw97hv
Image source, Year 5 at Well Lane Primary School in TranmereThese are from Year 5 at Well Lane Primary School in Tranmere
Hope you're all enjoying drawing those three weird witches. Here's a super scene from Nelson Mandela School here in Birmingham.
Image source, Nelson Mandela SchoolMacbeth
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's bloodiest plays and wouldn't usually be described as funny but this wonderful retelling on BBC School Radio by author Pamela Butchart manages just that!
Check out BBC School Radio's Shakespeare Retold website for 'Henry V - A Soldier’s Tale' - a short story inspired by Henry V written by children's author Geraldine McCaughrean.
...for your favourite Shakespearean word or phrase.
Shakespeare invented many words and phrases that we still use today but what is your favourite? If you want to take part in our vote, you better be quick as voting closes at 11:20!
Here's Northway Primary
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Year 5 from Eaves Primary School, St Helens, who have never experienced Shakespeare before, are very excited!
If this is your first experience of Shakespeare, check out the links on our Live Lessons page for lots of introductory resources from the BBC and RSC.
We've had some lovely questions in advance from Mr Dawson and his class. Remember to keep using the hashtag #bbclivelessons to send in your questions. We'll try to feature as many as we can during the Live Lesson.
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(King Lear: Act 2, Scene 2)
A very good morning to all of you watching in your classrooms and at home! Thanks for your messages - here's a selection:
Shakespeare: Unplugged has begun
Welcome to our Shakespeare: Unplugged Live Lesson, held in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Thank you for joining us. Keep your comments and questions coming in to [email protected] and you could see them featured on the show.
Our Live Lesson will be starting in about fifteen minutes
Get your class together and ready to start. We're about to begin! Click the 'play' button above to start the live stream.
Look out for your schools' name on our ticker at the bottom of the screen, and remember to send us your pictures, comments and questions at [email protected]or use the hashtag #bbclivelessons.
You're in the right place!
Our Shakespeare: Unplugged Live Lesson will be starting in half an hour. Follow the live text commentary here and click the 'play' button at the top of the page when it appears.
