Introduction to Shakespeare

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Period 2: Shakespeare

Today

Quick discussion 

Why are we doing this?

Worksheet 1: exercise 1, 2

Quiz

What do we know now? 
What to do next?

What do we already know about William Shakespeare?

Why are we doing this?

- Period 2 Shakespeare project:

getting to know this famous writer! 

- You will write a modern day version of a Shakespearian story in groups and perform it!

Assignment 1 - individually

• Open your theatrebook
• Take a look at worksheet 1 (next slide)
• You have 7 minutes
  
• Complete assignment 1: what's the word?
  

(write answers down in your notebook)

• You will need this information to help you understand a film you are going to watch
• Finished? Read assignment 2.
  

Assignment 2 - in pairs

• Again in worksheet 1
  
• In pairs (find yourself a partner)
• 10 minutes to complete  
• You will watch a three minute film 
  

• Complete assignment 2: what's the correct order?
• Finished? Read assignment 3. 

Film about Shakespeare

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/william-shakespeare?_ga=2.45461217.45801091.1588877021-393839452.1588762697

1 How many plays did Shakespeare write?

1. at least 28
2. at least 38
3. at least 48

2 How many languages have Shakespeare's plays been translated into?

1. Over 20
2. Over 50
3. Over 100

3 How many languages has Hamlet been performed in?

1. 75
2. 100
3. 50

4 When was a Shakespeare play first filmed?

1. 1900
2. 1950
3. 1925

5 How many film and tv versions of his play have been produced?

1. 210
2. 310
3. 410

6 How much were people who wrote plays paid in Shakespeare's time?

1. £18
2. £12
3. £6

7 What did Shakespeare use to write his plays?

1. a feather
2. a pencil
3. a highlighter

8 How did the Globe Theatre announce a new play in Shakespeare’s time?

1. Newspaper advert
2. Hanging out flags
3. Insta/twitter

9 What was built in London in 1997?
a Shakespeare museum

1. a statue of Shakespeare
2. a Shakespeare museum
3. a copy of the Globe Theatre

What do we now know about William Shakespeare?

What to do next? 

Homework for next week:
Make/draw a new frontpage for period 2, for your theatrebook. Look up one of the plays of Shakespeare and use this play as an inspiration for your frontpage! 

10 The stories told in most of Shakespeare’s plays are not original.

1. true
2. false