The Bard

• Eng
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome!

obscene, laughable, lonely, apostrophe, assassination, generous, gloomy, hurry, exposure, eyeball, misplaced, pious and majestic

What do these words have in common?

Introduction to Shakespeare

In two parts

Part 1: Make a poster about a Shakespeare play (in pairs)

Part 2: Perform a Shakespeare scene (groups of four or less)

But first...

The Bard invented a huge amount of words still used today.

"Villain, I have done thy mother"

He was a genious at inventing insults. Take a look at the following Shakespearian insults and try to come up with a present day situation in which you could use them.

"Thine face is not worth sunburning."
Taken from Henry v

"Take you me for a sponge?"
Taken from: Hamlet

Spoiler: everyone dies at the end 

Short assignment (10 minutes)

Not for a grade: this is on life and death.

1. Go to Moodle. 
2. Pick a death scene 
3. Perform your chosen death scene in pairs.
   
4. When you are dead, stay dead until everyone is dead.

Part 1 of the assignment: Make a poster

Yes, this is for a grade (1/5 to be exact)

Make a poster 

Let's check out the assignment in Moodle.