C.E.C.I.E.Nº 21 D.E. N° 21

4TH LEVEL
TEACHERS: CECILIA  / PATRICIA

Project William Shakespeare. 

⦁ Biography- 

Follow this link, read all about William Shakespeare, then, complete the exercises: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/william_shakespeare/ or

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare

⦁ Complete the sentences about Shakespeare using one word

⦁ William Shakespeare was _________ in the sixteenth century

⦁ He studied at ________ but not at a university

⦁ Susanna was Shakespeare´s first __________

⦁ Hammet and Judith were the name of Shakespeare´s ___________.

⦁ In London, he wrote a lot of _________ and worked as an actor.

⦁ In his history plays, William Shakespeare wrote about real people such as Julius Caesar or the English ________ Henry V and Richard III.

⦁ He returned to Stratford three years before he ___________.

⦁ Answer the following questions: 

⦁ Who was William Shakespeare?

⦁ When and where was he born?

⦁ Who were his parents? What was his father’s job?

⦁ When did he get married? Who was his wife? Did they have any children?

⦁ Why did he move to London?

⦁ What did he write? Mention some famous titles.

⦁ “To be or not to be, that is the question is an extract from which one of Shakespeare´s plays?

⦁ What terrible thing happened in 1592 in London?

⦁ What was the “Lord Chamberlaine´s men”?

⦁ Can you mention something relevant about the “The Globe”? 

⦁ Were there women actors in Shakespeares´s times? Explain

⦁ What happened in 1613?

⦁ When and where did he die?

⦁ Where was he buried?

⦁ Write TRUE or FALSE. Correct the false statements.

⦁ He grew up in Tudor, England in the time of Queen Elizabeth I.

⦁  He made up words and expressions.

⦁ In his will Shakespeare left his wife the 'second-best bed'.

⦁ At the Globe people could buy apples to munch while they watched the play.

⦁ Midsummer Night´s Dream is a tragedy.

⦁ The famous film “The Lion King” by Walt Disney, is based on Othello.

⦁ A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997.

⦁ Some of his love poems are addressed to his wife and some of them to a young man.

⦁ Write the most important events in William Shakespeare s life in a timeline (like the one we did about Edgar Allan Poe)

⦁ Birthplace 

Visit this webpage: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/ or http://www.visitstratforduponavon.co.uk/

 Use the information in the pages to make a “rough guide” of the things to do in Shakespeare´s birthplace. Include photographs and the information you consider relevant to write. Suggested items to add: where to stay, eating out, shopping, attractions, and interesting places to visit. (use the picture on the right as a guide) or these links: http://www.visitstratforduponavon.co.uk/documents/visitormapandguide.pdf

http://www.visitstratforduponavon.co.uk/documents/walksleaflet.pdf