The Story of William Shakespeare 

   

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The story of William Shakespeare

While watching, answer the following questions.

The story of William Shakespeare.

What is just so great about William Shakespeare?

Childhood

1.     Where was William born? __________________________________________________________

2.     Was he the first baby in the family? __________________________________________________

3.     What do we know about his mother?__________________________________________________

4.     What do we know about his father? ___________________________________________________

School

5.     What did William write with at school? _______________________________________________

6.     How was it to write with all this stuff? ________________________________________________

7.     How many children could go to school that time? _______________________________________

8.     What was wrong with others? _______________________________________________________

9.     Why was William able to go to school? _______________________________________________

10.  What type of school did he attend? ___________________________________________________

11.  What subjects were taught by his schoolmaster? ________________________________________

12.  What were teachers like at that time? _________________________________________________

13.  What did William Shakespeare really like doing? _______________________________________

14.  What type of paper did Willi Shakespeare use to write on and what was it made from? __________

15.  Give a synonym to the verb scribble. __________________________________________________

16.   When could Shakespeare write if there was no electricity? ________________________________

Shakespeare’s marriage and family life.

17.  What age did he get married? _______________________________________________________

18.  What do you know about his wife and children? ________________________________________

19.  How did he spend all his time? ______________________________________________________

20.  What did Shakespeare decide to do with his plays? ______________________________________

21.  How did he embody his idea? _______________________________________________________

Theatre

22.  What was the name of the Theatre and where was it situated? ______________________________

23.  What was it like? (size, people inside, roof, stage, flag, stage, actors, audience)_________________

Disaster

24.  What sort of disaster broke out in London? How did people call it? ___________________________

25.  What was happening everywhere? _____________________________________________________

What else was going on when William Shakespeare was around?

26.  Who was on the throne of England when William Shakespeare lived? _________________________

27.  What do we know about Sir Francis Drake? _____________________________________________

28.  How old was William Shakespeare when James I became a king? ____________________________

29.  What was James I like and what did he like? _____________________________________________

30.  What did James I do with the Bible? ___________________________________________________

Shakespeare’s  Heritage

31.  William Shakespeare wrote:

1.     ______  plays about _______________ which are known as _______________ .

2.     ______ plays with __________ endings called __________ .

3.     ______ plays called __________ full of _______________ and _______________ which still make people laugh.

4.     ______ poems known as  __________ . ______ of them in all.

32.  When Shakespeare died, how old was he then? ___________________________________________

33.  What did his actor friends do after his death? ____________________________________________

34.  What is The First Folio? _____________________________________________________________

35.  Here are some Shakespeare’s quotes. Can you translate them properly into your language? How long ago were they written? ______________________________________________________________

1.     Good riddance! ___________________________________________________________

2.     Fair play!  _______________________________________________________________

3.     Heart of gold ____________________________________________________________

4.     Love is blind ____________________________________________________________

36.  Time hasn’t changed the importance of Shakespeare’s plays. Inside each of one you’ll find people with  ___________, _____________, __________ and __________ that everyone can understand today.