Introduction to Shakespeare

• Drama
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

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Quick discussion

Worksheet 1

Why are we doing this?

Film and pair work exercise 1

Film and pair work exercise 2

Quiz

What do we know now?

What do we already know about William Shakespeare?

Why are we doing this?

- Period 2 Shakespeare project

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

In pairs

20 minutes to complete

You will watch a three minute film click to watch film

Open film worksheet and do exercise 2 + 3. Write answers on a blank piece of paper and put these in your drama book

This information will help you complete the final assignment

Finished? Read through your answers and check you are really sure!

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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 people could fit in the Globe theatre?

1. 3000
2. 5000
3. 500

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 What were Shakespeares poems called

1. Newspapers
2. Sonnets
3. Poems

9 What was rebuilt in London in 1997?

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

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

1. true
2. false

Assignment 2 and 3 answers

What do we now know about William Shakespeare?