Iambic pentameter? Easy!
A useful resource that clearly explains what iambic pentameter is, with examples and activities for students to practise on. The examples are taken from a range of Shakespeare's writing including his plays and sonnets. A useful pre-reading resource before studying a Shakespeare play.
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Review this resourceNice and simple for the students to understand. I love your student's explanation of a bumpy horse ride when reading Shakespeare!
17/07/2016
Thank you for your comments. We've now corrected the example texts so that tetrameter doesn't feature! Thanks again, Lucy (Teachit editor).
25/04/2014
Apologies - I should have been more careful with my text choices. A lot of my students have struggled with this - clapping helps - and bongo drums are very effective for stressed and unstressed syllables. If you have practical musicians in your sets you will find that they can probably work out really complex verse patterns for you. I don't spend a lot of time on this - but I produced it when a student asked why was Shakespeare so "bumpy" and said he wrote like riding a horse all the time - and we could see what he meant!
20/07/2013
I love this resource except that Sonnet 145 is in tetrameter which isn't mentioned on the worksheet so it is a bit confusing for students. Maybe add in somewhere that sonnets can be in different meters.
Good work though!
Good work though!
05/04/2013