Y7/En2 PLAN board Sam Filipa Eleanor Alex M Ryan B Jade

Danielle

Spencer

Jake

Lilly

Jay

Caitlyn

Juventus

Jack S

Stephen

Georgia

Taylor

Matt G

Ryan M

Louisa

Leon

Maisy

Juventus

Holly

Elle

Max

Justice

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Ted Matt F

ARE YOU OFF TO A SUPER START? 1) Reading silently 2) Perfect uniform 3) No chewing gum

Introduction to Shakespeare
Learning Objectives By the end of the lesson you will have learnt some basic facts about William Shakespeare

Why? You will now study a Shakespeare play every year until you have completed your English GCSE (where you will gain marks for what we call social context. Year 10 are currently 2 weeks away from a Literary Heritage controlled task and they will use knowledge they have developed since year 7!

What do you already know about Shakespeare?

Create a spider-diagram or list of your ideas. Work in pairs if you start to struggle!

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Sketch an image of.

into your workbooks. Use this picture as an example (to make it neat why not draw a frame around it?):

You will need your ILJs for this! TRUE FALSE Record any true answers around your image of Shakespeare

1. Shakespeare was born on 3rd March, 1971 2. Shakespeares father was a glove-maker 3. His father was fined for making a dunghill outside his house 4. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon 5. He had 12 brothers and sisters 6. William was the oldest of 6 surviving children 7. In Shakespeares day he had to start school at 6am and finish at 6pm, and work on Saturdays

 Shakespeare studied word processing, knitting, aeronautics and cycling at school Shakespeare studied grammar, Latin, Greek, History, Maths and RE. Shakespeare couldnt spell and had awful handwriting Shakespeare married a woman called Ivy Clare Fishpool Shakespeare was a boy-toy; he got married when he was 17 and his wife was 26.

 Shakespeares wife was pregnant when they got married Shakespeare and his wife and twins called Alfonso and Hortense Shakespeare and his wife had twins called Hamnet and Judith Some of Shakespeares most famous plays are called Oliver, Cinderella and King Tut. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays Shakespeare wrote a play called The Taming of the Shrew

 Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday When he died, he left everything to his cat When he died, he left his wife the second best bed in his house and nothing else

Time to add the last few facts and any you missed!

Born, Stratford upon Avon 1564

here Maybe on April 23rd The eldest of 6 His youngest brother, Edmund, also became an actor!

Went to school
here From 7 13 just one class! 6 days a week, every week of the year From 6am to 6pm He learned Latin, mostly No girls allowed!

Died in 1616
In Stratford On April 23rd At New Place the second biggest house in town In 1759 the owner the local vicar had it pulled down as he was fed up with the constant stream of visitors.

The Globe
Most of Shakespeares plays were performed here It was moved from the north to the south of the Thames in 1599 You can visit a new Globe, built on almost the same site, in London

Now you know where Shakespeare was born, went to school, died and worked!
3,000 people could fit into the Globe 1,700 of them paid 1 penny to stand in the yard where there was no roof! They were called Groundlings Most of the audience could neither read nor write So the plays had to be entertaining or the theatres would have made no money. And Shakespeare was a very rich man!

Plenary

What have you learnt about Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre today? Create a pop quiz to test the person next to you next lesson. (10 questions)