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Hello, we're Shakespeare and More.
We love to teach English. And we especially love teaching great literature to primary school children. We know these texts are sometimes seen as being stuffy or elitist, but we just think every child should have the chance to experience some of the most amazing books, plays and poems ever written.   
We love teaching these stories and we know they’re great at helping children to improve their English. To help we’ve created loads of planning and resources to help you teach them. They’re free to download and you can change them as much as you like to fit in with your way of doing things.
That's lovely. But who are you?
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I'm James Clements, the founder of Shakespeare and More. For ten years I was a teacher and senior leader at a wonderful primary school in London. I also worked as a local authority lead teacher, leading training and supporting teaching and learning across a network of schools. 
Now I'm an education writer and researcher, working with schools and academics to try and find out what makes great English teaching. I'm also lucky enough to write about education for publishers and magazines. 
Shakespeare and More started out as a quick way of sharing planning for some of the books and plays I enjoyed teaching when I was a class teacher. In the years since its launch, the site has blossomed and now people from all over the world download our units and resources every month. Which is nice.
Lots of people contribute to our English units, not least all of the teachers and children of the schools who kindly road test them for us. I hope you enjoy using the plans and resources as much as we've enjoyed writing them.

Reading for Pleasure
How can we get every child to learn to read and choose to read? Find out more about how we can build a culture of reading in schools.
Teach Primary
James is regular contributor to Teach Primary Magazine. Here are some of his most recent articles.

2014 National Curriculum
Shakespeare and More founder James Clements writes for the TES about the challenges of the 2014 national curriculum in England.
Building an Outstanding Reading School
Find out more about how we can get every child reading. Packed with free resources, case studies, and ideas.

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Units of Work

Macbeth
Julius Caesar
Treasure Island
The Odyssey

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Whole-School Spelling Scheme
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Teaching English
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  • Home
  • About us
  • Units of work
    • Macbeth
    • Julius Caesar
    • The Tempest
    • Henry V
    • The Odyssey
    • The Labours of Heracles
    • The Wind in the Willows
    • Treasure Island
    • Lord of the Flies
    • 1001 Nights
    • King John's Christmas
  • Text-based curriculum maps
  • Teaching English
    • Teaching Reading >
      • Learning to Read
      • Word-Reading
      • Comprehension
      • Enjoying Reading
      • Reading Diaries
    • Teaching Writing >
      • The Writing Process
      • Personal Responses
    • Teaching Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar >
      • Grammar and Punctuation Tips
      • Language Features in the NC
      • Language Features for Planning
      • Spelling
    • Talk in English Lessons >
      • Whole-Class Discussion
      • Discussion in Groups
      • Discussion in Pairs
    • Assessment and Feedback >
      • First Impressions
      • One-to-One Feedback
      • Sharing Work
      • Peer Assessment
      • Written Feedback
    • Homework
  • Get in touch