Literature: Renaissance & William Shakespeare

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Friday, December 16th

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Programme

- 10 minutes of silent reading

- Lots of Literature today: Renaissance and William Shakespeare!

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Read your novel

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10:00

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Renaissance

Read the introduction on page 29

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King Henry VIII died. What happened next?

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Can you put the kings and queens in the correct order?

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Names

A - King Henry VII

B - Queen Elizabeth I

C - Queen Mary I

D - King Henry VIII

E - King Edward VI

F - King James I

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Why did it take so long for the Renaissance to arrive in England?

Read page 34

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Thomas More

1478 - 1535

More's most important work: Utopia

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William Shakespeare

His life and his works

Go to p. 39 in your Literature reader

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What do you know about
William Shakespeare?

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Take a guess: William Shakespeare wrote approximately ...

5 plays

12 plays

26 plays

37 plays

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Take a guess: How many English words did Shakespeare invent?

700

1700

2700

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Shakespeare's stories are still used today. Listen to this description of Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet' and let me know what it reminds you of below.

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His life

Born on 23rd April (?), 1564 - died on 23rd April, 1616
Lived in Stratford-upon-Avon
Father was a glove-maker
Family was able to send William to school

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His family life

Married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18. She was 26 at the time (past the age of marriage) and pregnant.
Daughter Susanna (1583)
Twins: Hamnet & Judith (1585)
Hamnet passed away at age 11

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The Lost Years

1584 - 1592

No idea what the guy was doing during those years!

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His work

1592: moved to London

1594: joins the Lord Chamberlain's Men (as an actor and playwright)
Shakespeare was successful in his own time
He became considerably wealthy and he had a share in the Globe Theatre

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His work

Later on the theatre company was renamed The King's Men, under patronage of King James I.
Shakespeare continued writing plays until 1613 after which he moved back to Stratford-upon-Avon, where he died in 1616.

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Curse on Shakespeare's grave

Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,

To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones,

And cursed be he that moves my bones.

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Next week

- Bring your novel and literature reader to class!

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