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Shakespeare

Slide 2 - Mind map

Shakespeare 
Parents: John Shakespeare & Mary Shakespeare (nee Arden).
Born: 23 April 1564, 
Hometown: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
Wife: Anne Hathaway.
Children: Susanna, Hamnet & Judith
Works: 37 plays (at least), 154 sonnets, many poems.
Died:  23 April 1616 

Slide 3 - Slide

Can you name a play written by William Shakespeare?

Slide 4 - Open question

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"
A
Hamlet
B
Macbeth
C
Othello
D
Romeo and Juliette

Slide 5 - Quiz

"To be or not to be: that is the question"
A
Macbeth
B
Romeo and Juliette
C
Othello
D
Hamlet

Slide 6 - Quiz

"All the worlds a stage, and all men and women merely players"
A
As you like it
B
Hamlet
C
Much Ado About Nothing
D
Richard II

Slide 7 - Quiz

Shakespearean English 
He spoke early modern English (Elizabethan English)
it’s estimated that words invented by Shakespeare number as many as 1,700.
(accommodation, generous,critical, lonely)

Slide 8 - Slide

"The privies be yon."
A
The toilets are over there
B
The privileges are yours
C
The peach pies are over there
D
The office is over there

Slide 9 - Quiz

"Kickie-wickie"
A
a newspaper
B
an affectionate term for a wife
C
a coward
D
a toddler

Slide 10 - Quiz

"Lubberwort"
A
a game
B
a specific kind of dress
C
a lazy person
D
a hopeful person

Slide 11 - Quiz

"Sirrah"
A
cheering
B
a young boy
C
a carriage
D
a pharmacy

Slide 12 - Quiz