Lesson 1 introduction/the life of Shakespeare

• Drama
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Introduction to 

Shakespeare & his life

Period 3 Shakespeare

What you know about
Shakespeare already

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.
Look up the meaning of your idiom. 

Create a short performance around this idiom. 

Exercise idioms