MYP1 01-02-22

Introducing Unit 3
Through the genre of drama, Shakespeare has made connections with audiences across the globe for centuries, demonstrating the power of literature to transcend space and time.
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Introducing Unit 3
Through the genre of drama, Shakespeare has made connections with audiences across the globe for centuries, demonstrating the power of literature to transcend space and time.

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Unit 3: Is all the world a stage?

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The Big Shakespeare Quiz
- Do not use the Internet for information !
- If you know the answer to a question, write that on a seperate piece of paper/ in a notebook
- Just answer A: I know or B: I don't know in the actual quiz for now.
- Don't look up the answers to any of these questions !

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1. When was Shakespeare born?
A
I know
B
I don't know

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2. Where was he born?
A
I know
B
I don't know

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3. Do we know where Shakespeare went to school?
A
I know
B
I don't know

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4. What were his parents' names?
A
I know
B
I don't know

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5. In 1582 Shakespeare was married, but to whom?
A
I know
B
I don't know

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6. Shakespeare had three children. What were their names?
A
I know
B
I don't know

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7. Shakespeare died on his birthday in what year?
A
I know
B
I don't know

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8. How many plays did Shakespeare write?
A
I know
B
I don't know

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9. How many sonnets is he believed to have written?
A
I know
B
I don't know

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10. Approximately how many new words is Shakespeare supposed to have created?
A
150
B
1,500
C
3,000
D
10,000

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Collaborative task
In pairs try to answer all the questions about Shakespeare.
Click on this link to look at the first 9 questions that need to be answered.
(10 min.)

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Collaborative task
1.  23rd of April 1564
2. Stratford-upon-Avon
3. Probably Stratford-upon-Avon. Grammar School
4. John and Mary
5. Anne Hathaway 
6. Hamnet, Judith, Susanna
7. 1616
8. 38 plays
9. 154 sonnets

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Who was William Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare: A life in five 'facts'

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Did you know....

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Homework
Make a list of the words you've spotted





Link to video

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Poet / Playwright
Let's read this text together

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Some Theory

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Activity
Finish reading the texts and watching the video.
Also answer the questions about the iambic pentameter.

Do some background research on life in the late 16th century:
What were the living conditions like?/ education wealth/poverty/ theater
other writers (contemporaries of Shakespeare)

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Sonnet 18

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Activity: What is a Sonnet?
1. Click on the link 
2. Read Sonnet 18
3. Answer the questions


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Another Video
Another take on Sonnet 18
Watch the following video
Make notes about the things that you find interesting, that strike you, that you want to take away from this clip.
Have Fun!

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Tragedy, Comedy, History or...
Let's have a look at the following activity.
Create a document and work through questions 1&2.
For 1, make a table and link the term to the definition.
For 2, Make a table with in the first column the title of the play and in the second column the category:
tragedy, comedy, history or problem play.

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