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

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What you know about
Shakespeare already

Slide 2 - Carte mentale

GROUP TASKS
This lesson
Introduction: who was William Shakespeare?
Excercise idioms & perform!
Video + assignments
Idioms explanation

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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

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1. What's the word?
Pre-video : individually
2. What's the order?
During video: individually
Video assignments (hand out)

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Slide 6 - Lien


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

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twins
actor
musicians
boo
clap
theatre
play
history
tragedy
comedy
London
Answers

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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?

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

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In groups. 
Teacher gives each group an idiom.
Look up the meaning of your idiom. 
Create a short performance around this idiom. 
Exercise idioms
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10:00

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