Lesson 1 introduction/the life of Shakespeare

• Drama
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

What do you know about
Shakespeare already?

Introduction to 

Shakespeare & his life

Period 2 Shakespeare

GROUP TASKS

At the end of this lesson you...

...know who William Shakespeare was and why he's still relevant today

...can explain in English what the meaning of specific idioms are

...can create a performance using an idiom

...can complete a groupwork assignment

GROUP TASKS

This lesson

Introduction: who was William Shakespeare?

Excercise idioms & perform!

Video + assignments

Idioms explanation

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

1. What's the word?
Pre-video : individually

2. What's the order?

During video: individually

Video assignments (hand out)

learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org

1. Work in pairs. Discuss your answers. (3 minutes)

2. Share your answers with the class (when teacher asks you to)

Think - pair - share

twins

actor

musicians

boo

clap

theatre

play

history

tragedy

comedy

London

Answers

6

6

3

8

5

2

7

4

Answers

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?

What do you think the phrase in bold means?
Has the woman really lost her home?

In groups. 

Teacher gives each group an idiom.

Discuss what you think the idiom means (need help? ask me!)

Create a short performance around this idiom. 

Exercise idioms

GROUP TASKS

Lesson aims: check in

...know who William Shakespeare was and why he's still relevant today

...can explain what the meaning of specific idioms are

...can create a performance using an idiom

...can complete a groupwork assignment

Wat weet je al over William Shakespeare?

Introductie over

Shakespeare en zijn leven. 

Period 2 Shakespeare

GROUP TASKS

Aan het einde van deze les...

...weet je wie William Shakespeare was en waarom hij in deze tijd nog steeds belangrijk is

...kan je  in het Nederlands uitleggen wat de betekenis is van een gezegde

...kan je een performance maken over een idiom

...kan je een groepsopdracht afronden

GROUP TASKS

Deze les

Introductie: wie was William Shakespeare?

Oefening gezegdes & optreden!

Video + opdrachten

Gezegdes uitleg

GROUP TASKS

Who was William Shakespeare?

• 1564-1616 
• Engelse toneelschrijver, dichter & schrijver
• Staat bekend als 'the greatest writer in the English language'.
• Zijn werk is vertaald in bijna elke taal en zijn toneelstukken worden nog steeds gespeeld op het toneel
• Meest bekende stukken: Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth.
• Hij heeft veel bijgedragen aan de Engelse taal (zijn uitspraken worden ook nu nog gebruikt!)

--> let's watch a short video about his life