Mater Amabilis™

  • Home
  • Overview
  • Subjects
    • Religion
      • L1B New Testament
      • L1A- A Life of Our Lord for Children
      • L2-Y1- First Christians Reading Schedule
      • L2-Y2-St. Patrick’s Summer
      • Level 3 & 4 Gospel
      • Level 3 Old Testament
    • Language Arts
    • History
      • National History Outline for Australian Students
      • L1B|L1A-This Country of Ours
      • L1|L2-Introduction to American History
        • L1|L2-Further Reading–American History
      • L1|L2-Introduction to British History
        • British History Lesson Plans
        • L2|Y1-Further Reading–British History
        • L2-Our (An) Island Story
        • L2-Introduction to British History for American Students
        • L1|L2-2year-Introduction to British History for British Students
        • L1|L2-3year-Introduction to British History
        • L2-Introduction to British History for British Students – 3 Year Option
        • L1A|L2|L3-Our Lady’s Dowry
      • L1A -Bible History
      • L1A-Ancient Egypt
      • L2-Ancient Greece
      • L2-Ancient Rome
      • Level 3 World History
        • L3-Y1|Y2 – World History Reading List
      • L3-American History
        • L3-From Sea to Shining Sea Reading List
      • L4-20th Century World History
    • Geography & Earth Studies
      • Introduction to Geography and Earth Studies
      • L1B-Map Location Key
      • L1B-Rivers and Oceans
      • L1A-Weather
      • L1A–Y1– Maps & Mapping
      • L1A-Y1-Earth Studies – Weather
        • British Weather Lore
      • L1A-Y2-Mountains and Volcanoes
      • L3-4 Geography: History of Exploration
      • L4 – Geography of Europe
      • L3|L4-Geology
    • How to Study Shakespeare
      • Shakespeare Plan
      • An Introduction to Shakespeare
      • Comedy of Errors
      • Hamlet
      • Henry V
      • Notes on Julius Caesar
        • Julius Caesar
      • Macbeth
      • Much Ado About Nothing
      • Notes on The Merchant of Venice
        • The Merchant of Venice
      • Notes on The Taming of the Shrew
      • The Tempest
      • Notes on Twelfth Night
    • Science
      • Notes on Nature Study
      • L1B-Nature Study
      • L1A–Y1-Science
        • L1A-Y1-ARCHIVED-Science
      • L1A–Y2-Science
        • L1A–Y2-ARCHIVED- Science
      • L2-Y1-Science In Ancient Greece
      • L2-Y2-Human Body and History of Medicine
      • L3|L4-Science
        • L3-Science Through Time (Secrets of the Universe)
        • L3-ARCHIVED-Science
    • Poetry Plan
      • How to Read a Poem
    • Tales
      • L1A Tales
      • L2 Mythology
      • L3&4 Tales
    • Picture Study
      • Picture Study Resources – All Levels
    • Music Appreciation – All Levels
    • Civics
      • Plutarch
  • Prep Level
  • Level 1B
  • Level 1A
  • Level 2
  • Level 3
  • Level 4
  • High School – Level 5 & 6
    • High School Religion
    • High School English
    • High School History
    • High School Geography
    • High School Government, Economics, and Civics
    • High School Science
    • On Track to Graduation
    • A Sample Daily Schedule

Shakespeare Plan

Shakespeare (Weekly)

See notes on How to Study Shakespeare

Shakespeare Overview chart

Highly Recommended Resource: How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig

The Mater Amabilis Shakespeare schedule now closely follows the suggestions in How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare.

Suggested plays (others of your choice can be substituted):

Level 2

Level 2 Year One

  • Term 1: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Term 2: Twelfth Night
  • Term 3: Romeo and Juliet

Level 2 Year Two

  • Term 1: MacBeth
  • Term 2: Julius Caesar
  • Term 3: Henry IV

Recommended Resources:

Re-tellings of Shakespeare plays

Choose from:

  • Tales from Shakespeare: Children’s Classics by Charles and Mary Lamb
  • Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E.Nesbit
  • The Random House Book of Shakespeare Stories by Andrew Matthews [UK Title: The Orchard Book of Shakespeare Stories]
  • Leon Garfield’s Shakespeare Stories
  • Bruce Coville’s picture book retellings: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and MacBeth (out of print but available in many libraries). Also available on Audible, but without the beautiful illustrations.

Books about Shakespeare

Choose from:

  • William Shakespeare: His Work and His World by Michael Rosen
  • Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley

Books about plays and teaching notes:

  • Shakespeare and Macbeth by Stewart Ross
  • Shakespeare Made Easy: The Tempest; Macbeth; Henry V; Julius Caesar; Twelfth Night

Level 3

Year One:

  • Term 1: As You Like It
  • Term 2: Henry V
  • Term 3: The Tempest

Year Two:

  • Term 1: Hamlet
  • Term 2: The Taming of the Shrew
  • Term 3: Love’s Labor Lost

Recommended Resources:

Re-tellings of Shakespeare plays.

Choose from:

  • Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield
    Enchanted Island: Stories from Shakespeare by Ian Serraillier

Background reading:

  • Starting Shakespeare by Eric Boagey
  • See our Shakespeare pages for notes on selected plays. 

Level 4:

One of the following plays to be studied each term:

  • Term 1: Much Ado about Nothing
  • Term 2: Merchant of Venice
  • Term 3: Two Gentlemen of Verona

See notes on How to Study Shakespeare

Recommended Resources:

Shakespeare Made Easy by Muriel J.Morris
How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig

Level 5 Year 1

  • Term 1: Twelfth Night (Globe Theatre 2012 Original Practices production)
  • Term 2:  Henry V (Kenneth Branagh)
  • Term 3: Julius Caesar (Marlon Brando)

Watch one live or filmed production per term (recommendations above)

Level 5 Year 2

  • Term 1: As You Like It (Globe Theatre)
  • Term 2: Richard III (2012 Globe Theatre Original Practices production)
  • Term 3: Macbeth (Ian McKellen/Judi Dench)

Watch one live or filmed production per term N

Level 6 Year 1

  • Term 1: Much Ado About Nothing (Branagh or David Tennant)
  • Term 2: Hamlet (Mel Gibson or David Tennant)
  • Term 3: The Tempest (Globe Theatre w/Roger Allam)

Watch one live or filmed production per term N

Level 6 Year 2

  • Term 1: The Winter’s Tale
  • Term 2: King Lear 
  • Term 3: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Watch one live or filmed production per term N

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Primary Sidebar

A Catholic Charlotte Mason Homeschool Curriculum

St. Thomas Aquinas & Charlotte Mason

Mater Amabilis

Join us in a private Facebook group for support implementing Mater Amabilis curriculum.

Overview of the Curriculum

VIEW HERE

Getting Started Guide

Click here to download and print our helpful guide to getting started with Mater Amabilis ™ curriculum.

Helpful Resource Pages

Religion

Language Arts

History

Science Overview

How To Study Shakespeare

Nature Study

Geography & Earth Studies

Picture Study

Music Appreciation

Plutarch

Search MA

Amazon Affiliate

This site contains links to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, Maureen Wittmann earns affiliate income from qualifying purchases made through linked purchases from this site. We are grateful for your support which goes toward the maintenance and upkeep of Mater Amabilis.

Mater Amabilis

“. . . our Blessed Virgin Mary is called Amabilis, or lovable, as being such to the children of the Church.” -Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman

Copywork Made Clear

Here is a new video on the value and process of copywork.

A Tour of the MA website

Here is a brief tour through the website, including how to find the introduction, overview, subject helps, and level landing pages. We have also included a tour of level 1A as an example of the resources available for most levels, and a quick look at the high school levels.

The Joy of Copywork

by Sally Thomas I’ve always loved copywork. In grade school, the nicest days – aside from the days when the art teacher read us Amelia Bedelia – were the days when the teacher handed us a poem, purple, damp, and vaguely vanilla-scented, fresh from the ditto machine. Generally it was a poem of the season, … Read More about The Joy of Copywork

Mater Amabilis gratefully accepts donations toward the maintenance of the site.

Privacy Policy

Mater Amabilis does not collect, use, or store data from visitors.

Third parties (including Amazon and any other site we link to) MAY collect, use, or store data from visitors, and place or recognize cookies on visitors’ browsers. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Disclosure:

Mater Amabilis is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to offset fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Usage:

Copyright © 2003 – 2022. All Rights Reserved. Use of this material is subject to the terms of the Mater Amabilis™ License Agreement.

Use of the Mater Amabilis™ name and/or image is not permitted without written permission.

Follow us on Social Media

Copyright © 2023 · Mater Amabilis