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Lesson 1 introduction/the life of Shakespeare
Introduction to
Shakespeare & his life
Period 3
Shakespeare
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Introduction to
Shakespeare & his life
Period 3
Shakespeare
Slide 1 - Slide
What you know about
Shakespeare already
Slide 2 - Mind map
GROUP TASKS
This lesson
Introduction: who was William Shakespeare?
Excercise idioms & perform!
Video + assignments
Idioms explanation
Slide 3 - Slide
GROUP TASKS
Who was William Shakespeare?
1564-1616
English playwright, poët & actor
Known as 'the greatest writer in the English language'.
His plays have been translated into most languages and his works continue to be performed on stage.
Most famous plays: Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, etc.
He contributed a lot to the English language as it is today.
--> let's watch a short video about his life
Slide 4 - Slide
1. What's the word?
Pre-video : individually
2. What's the order?
During video: individually
Video assignments (hand out)
Slide 5 - Slide
learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org
Slide 6 - Link
1. Work in pairs. Discuss your answers. (3 minutes)
2. Share your answers with the class (when teacher asks you to)
timer
3:00
Think - pair - share
Slide 7 - Slide
twins
actor
musicians
boo
clap
theatre
play
history
tragedy
comedy
London
Answers
Slide 8 - Slide
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3
8
5
2
7
4
Answers
Slide 9 - Slide
Idioms
are a combinations of words where the meaning may not be obvious from looking
at the individual words (nl: spreekwoord).
Lot's of Shakespeare's expressions have entered the English language and become common English idioms.
Idioms
Which idiom do you think fits this drawing?
Slide 10 - Slide
What do you think the phrase in bold means?
Has the woman really lost her home?
Slide 11 - Slide
In groups.
Teacher gives each group an idiom.
Look up the meaning of your idiom.
Create a short performance around this idiom.
Exercise idioms
timer
10:00
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