Knowing Shakespeare
The most important English writer
Nationality:English
Job: writer, playwright, actor, poet, etc..
Place of Birth: Stratford-upon-Avon
Date of death: 23 April 1616
Who was William Shakespeare? What do you know about him?
William Shakespeare is well- known as the greatest writer in the English language and one of the most important dramatist all over the world. Perhaps, you have not got a lot of information about him. Here you have a couple of videos about him.
Let’s meet him a little bit more.
Here you have a reading comprehension about him, at the end you will have to fill an ID Card about this incredible person. (Solutions will be available next week)
Filling the gaps.
We are going to become real Shakespeare Experts, with all your knowledge you can fill the following text about this multifaceted English man.
At the bottom of the text you will find the words to fill the gaps. (Solutions will be available next week)
Let’s practice your listening.
This time you have to watch and listen to this video about some interesting facts about this incredible person. Pay attention and answer the following activities about the data that you have listened to. (Solutions will be available next week)
Shakespeare as a poet, as an artist. Are you one?
Shakespeare’s sonnets are the most famous, they are really impressive taking into account the structure and the vocabulary that the poet used.
This image is taken from www.shakespeare-online.com
The Shakespearean sonnets have fourteen lines, which are divided into three quatrains with four lines each and a final two lines, called the couplet. The rhyme scheme of the quatrains is abab cdcd efef gg. The number of syllables is ten per line.
Are you going to be a Shakespearean Poet? Can you create a poet of your own?
I invite you to invent a poem, if you are not skillful, don’t worry. Look for a Shakespeare’s sonnet and create your own calligram.
What is a Calligram?: “a calligram is a phrase, a poem, or word in which the typeface or handwriting is arranged in a way that creates a visual image.”
Here you have a video to get some information about how to draw a Calligram.
Please, send me your poems, your calligrams, your work. It is always a pleasure to watch them.
Remember, you can use Racima, or rhernandez@jesuitasformacion.com, or if you prefer sharing your creation with all your mates jesuitasrioja2020@gmail.com
