Antony and Cleopatra: Activity Pack for A Level

Set text for:
  • Edexcel A Level
  • Eduqas A Level
  • WJEC A Level

Delve into the doomed love affair of two of the greatest lovers in history – Antony and Cleopatra – with this engaging Activity Pack for A Level. Stimulating settings and themes enable students to analyse clashes of cultures and values between Rome and Egypt, masculinity and femininity and more. This pack of comprehension, discussion and creative activities covers the whole play and is ready for you to mix and match to suit your class.

Activities include:

  • engaging questions
  • critical thinking
  • close reading
  • pair and group tasks
  • visual, audio and kinaesthetic tasks
  • further research
  • essay practice
  • extension tasks for fast finishers

Accessible for every level and linked to the AOs with Teacher’s Notes for each.

Plus! Detailed answers to all activities

Prepare
Pre-reading exercises provide a starting point for study

Explore
Appealing section-by-section tasks guide students through the play, allowing them to gain understanding and analytical skills while remaining engaged

Reflect
Whole-text activities show the bigger picture, exploring key areas of: Characterisation • Relationships • Genre • Themes • Attitudes and values • Writer's use of language • Form • Structure • Context • Critical reception