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“FAMILIAR AND UNFAMILIAR SHAKESPEARE”

Level: intermediate

Aims:

By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

-learn interesting facts about Shakespeare’s life and art;

-watch a video about Shakespeare’s hometown;

-learn to work in groups;

-practice grammar structures learnt before;

-recite Shakespeare’s sonnets;

-act out Shakespeare’s plays;

Materials and equipment: PC, a video, handouts, Shakespeare’s pictures

Procedure:

Teacher: Dear students. Today we’re having a non-standard lesson – brain-ring. As you know this year we commemorate 400 anniversary of Shakespeare’s heritage. You’ve read Shakespeare’s sonnets and plays on your world literature lessons and you’ve learnt his biography but today I want you to learn some new facts about Shakespeare’s life and art.

You’ll work in two groups. Each group has to do the task quickly and correct. You have to cooperate, discuss each task, and answer in time.

TASK 1

Warm-up

Teacher: Our first task is an easy warm-up activity. You have to make up as many words as possible using the letters of the name WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

(will, am, shake, pear, lime, share, lake, rap, wall, I, ill, is, hill, kill, are, as, all, mall, like, hip, mask, etc.)

TASK 2

Teacher: Read extracts from Shakespeare’s biography and write the correct form of the words in brackets (active and passive).

Group 1

Since William Shakespeare ……… ( live) more than 400 years ago, and many records from that time……..(lose) or never……………(exist) in the first place, we don't know everything about his life. For example, we know that he………….( baptize) in Stratford-upon-Avon, 100 miles northwest of London, on April 26, 1564. But we don't know his exact birthdate, which must have been a few days earlier.

Their father, John Shakespeare,…………..(be) a leatherworker who……………..( specialize) in the soft white leather used for gloves and similar items. A prosperous businessman, he …………………..(marry) Mary Arden, of the prominent Arden family. John ………………(rise) through local offices in Stratford, becoming an alderman and eventually, when William…………(be) five, the town bailiff—much like a mayor.

Shakespeare, as the son of a leading Stratford citizen, almost certainly……………… (attend) Stratford's grammar school. Like all such schools, its curriculum ………………..(consist) of an intense emphasis on the Latin classics, including memorization, writing, and acting classic Latin plays. Shakespeare most likely……………(attend) until about age 15.

Group 2

A few years after he……………(leave) school, in late 1582, William Shakespeare………….. ( marry) Anne Hathaway. She…………(be) already expecting their first-born child, Susanna, which……………(be) a fairly common situation at the time. When they ………………..(marry), Anne was 26 and William was 18. Anne…………..( grow) up just outside Stratford in the village of Shottery. After marrying, she……………( spend) the rest of her life in Stratford.

In early 1585, the couple……………(have) twins, Judith and Hamnet, completing the family. In the years ahead, Anne and the children…………….(live) in Stratford while Shakespeare………………( work) in London, although we don't know when he…………..(move) there.

Shakespeare…………..( write) at least 38 plays and over 150 short and long poems, many of which……………….. (consider) to be the finest ever written in English. His works…………………(translate) into every major living language, and nearly 400 years after his death, they continue………………….. ( perform) around the world.

TASK 3

Teacher: Match the loving couples of Shakespeare’s plays

Answer: 1e, 2f, 3a, 4c, 5d, 6b

TASK 4

Teacher: Watch the video. Match the pictures with the names of the places in the video.

Video   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XECOwVsJGY

1.  2.    3.

4.   5.   6.

1. The Globe Theatre
2. The church where Shakespeare was baptized
3. Anne Hathaway’s house
4.  Shakespeare’s house
5. Shakespeare’s school
6. Shakespeare’s grave

Answers: 1f, 2d, 3e, 4b, 5a, 6c

TASK 5

Teacher: Each group is going to listen to 10 statements about Shakespeare’s life and works. You have to say if each statement is true or false.

Group 1

1. Shakespeare was not only a playwright but also an actor in his plays (T).
2.  Shakespeare played the role of the ghost in the play “Hamlet” (T).
3. During his lifetime Shakespeare was a poor actor (F- He was a very wealthy man as he was also a brilliant businessman).
4. Shakespeare has been credited by the Oxford English Dictionary with introducing almost 5000 words to the English language (F-2000 words)
5. The Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare’s shortest play (T)
6. Romeo and Juliet is longest play (F- Hamlet)
7. Shakespeare never actually published any of his plays. (T)
8. The American president A. Lincoln was a great lover of Shakespeare’s plays(T)
9.  All plays were performed by daylight in Shakespeare’s times, as candles were very expensive and were used only for emergencies.(T)
10. It was illegal for women and girls to perform in the theatre in Shakespeare’s plays.(T)

Group 2

1. Shakespeare is the first most quoted writer in the English language. (F- second after the various writers of the Bible)
2. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre burnt down during the performance of Hamlet (F-Henry VIII)
3. All the theatres were closed in London because of the outbreak of the plague between 1592 and 1594 (T)
4. During this time (the outbreak of the plague) there was no demand for Shakespeare’s plays so he began to write songs (F-poetry)
5. Shakespeare was born and died on the same day- April,23 (T)
6. Shakespeare is the first most translated author in the world (over 4,400 translations) (F- third)
7. Shakespeare’s plays contain over 20 different ways to die (T)
8. The play Macbeth contains 20 deaths (F-10 deaths)
9. Queen Catherine the Great, did her own adaptation of Shakespeare’s play The Merry Wives of Windsor (T)
10. After school Shakespeare went to college (F-he didn’t go to college)

TASK 6

 Conclusion

Students’ evaluation

Home task: to prepare a poster about William Shakespeare