The Tempest: The Island Production

What you'll make

A relationship map, an invented stage model, a programme feature and a developed literary response.

What you'll learn

• Character and motivation
• Imagery of the sea, sound and dreams
• Power and control
• Comparing interpretations with evidence

You'll need

A complete school edition of the play · Cardboard or paper for a model (optional)

Shakespeare gives no precise real-world map of the island; your stage model is your own invention. Sensitive material (Caliban's enslavement, an accusation of attempted assault in Act 1 Scene 2) should be previewed with an adult. No political conclusion is required.

Curriculum links

• Read and appreciate the depth and power of the English literary heritage through the study of Shakespeare, seminal world literature and poetry since 1789
• Study setting, plot and characterisation, and the effects of these on the reader
• Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these responses
• Write formal and academic essays as well as personal and creative writing, summarising and organising material, and supporting ideas and arguments with any necessary factual detail