MYP2 04-04-22

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Unit 4

"SHOULD WE FORGIVE AND FORGET?"

Despite its 400-year-old context, through exploring character, setting and theme in The Tempest, we can develop new and challenge existing perspectives on what is fair and what is not.

Should we forgive and forget?

What do you know about Shakespeare?

What do you know about Shakespeare?

The Big Shakespeare Quiz

- Do not use the Internet for information !

- If you know the answer to a question, write that on a seperate piece of paper/ in a notebook

- Just answer A: I know or B: I don't know in the actual quiz for now.

- Don't look up the answers to any of these questions !

1. When was Shakespeare born?

1. I know
2. I don't know

2. Where was he born?

1. I know
2. I don't know

3. Do we know where Shakespeare went to school?

1. I know
2. I don't know

4. What were his parents' names?

1. I know
2. I don't know

5. In 1582 Shakespeare was married, but to whom?

1. I know
2. I don't know

6. Shakespeare had three children. What were their names?

1. I know
2. I don't know

7. Shakespeare died on his birthday in what year?

1. I know
2. I don't know

8. How many plays did Shakespeare write?

1. I know
2. I don't know

9. How many sonnets is he believed to have written?

1. I know
2. I don't know

10. Approximately how many new words is Shakespeare supposed to have created?

1. 150
2. 1,500
3. 3,000
4. 10,000

Answers

1.  23rd of April 1564

2. Stratford-upon-Avon

3. Probably Stratford-upon-Avon. Grammar School

4. John and Mary

5. Anne Hathaway 

6. Hamnet, Judith, Susanna

7. 1616

8. 38 plays

9. 154 sonnets

Did you know....

Link to video

What is a tempest?

Click on this link and work on the activity

Why should we read The Tempest?

Understanding the plot

Reading a whole play by Shakespeare from beginning to end in the original language can be tough work, so it might be useful to listen to a brief synopsis, or summary, before we explore the text in further detail.

Watch the following video and make notes about what happens in the play. Think carefully how you will organize your notes so they can be used later.

Understanding the plot

The video: www.rsc.org.uk/the-tempest/the-plot

After the video work on the following in pairs:

1. Create a mindmap of everything you already know about The Tempest and Shakespeare.

2. Write down some questions about what you would like to know about The Tempest (the plot, the characters, the context)

What are questions you still have about The Tempest?

Setting the scene: Act 1

Read Act I, Scene I

Work on this Activity

Prospero's Isle

Dramatis personae

Who's who in The Tempest?