LNW: Shakespeare

LNW: Shakespeare Direct meaning - surface level: Tick what you think is right. Correction T F a. William started school when he was 14 or 15 years old. b. He was married to a woman called Anne Hathaway. c. They had two twin daughters called Judith and Susanna. d. In London William worked as a writer of plays. e. The plague killed millions of people and theatres had to be closed. e. He probably studied ... history & Latin history & English Latin & English music & Greek https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/william-shakespeare d. William had ... siblings. two three four seven a. Shakespeare was born in ... 1654 1564 1516 1927 Words Latin = LateinGreek = Griechisch c. His father was a ... shoe-maker farmer glove-maker teacher b. His parents' first names were ... James & Mary John & Anna Frank & Nancy John & Mary Direct meaning - detail: Tick true or false and correct the false sentences. https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.orgenshort-storieswilliam-shakespeare William Shakespeare Who was Shakespeare? Watch this story and find out! Do the preparation task before you watch the video.(c) LearnEnglishKids - British Council c. What do you think was the reason that only men and boys acted in Shakespeare's time? Vocabulary pplague = Pest | disease = Seuche, Krankheit | poem = Gedicht | noise = Geräuschppcannon = Kanone | comedy = a story with a happy ending | tragedy = a story with a sad endingppexpression = Ausdruck | poetry = the art of writing poems p Inferred meaning: Answer the questions. d. Why are Shakespeare's plays and poems still popular today although they are more than 400 years old now? Think of a reason. b. Which of these sentences describes how the people expressed their feelings during a play? At The Globe some people stood in front of the stage and others had seats. The audience shouted, clapped, booed and laughed while they watched plays. Musicians created special noises to make the plays more exciting. They even had a cannon to make big bangs! a. The story says that during the plague theatres were closed and that Shakespeare started to write poems instead of plays during that time. Can you think of a reason?

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