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Literary morsels: flipped Shakespeare!


My latest flipped class before taking  students to theatre. Enjoy.

WARM UP: answer the following questions. Write your answers on your notebook.
  • Have you ever been to the theatre?
  • Which play did you see?
  • Do you know the names of any famous playwright?
  • Have you ever seen any English plays or heard of any English playwrights? 
  • Have you ever heard of Shakespeare or seen any of his plays(or films based on them) ?
  • Can you name any of his plays?
  • Do you know when he lived or anything about his life?

 Now watch the video. Remember that while watching  you can stop, skip, move forward/backward, watch it again. Last but not least, to switch to full screen click the full screen icon in the bottom corner of the video.



 Answer the following questions(click on the highlighted words to find out more):
  • When and where was Shakespeare born?
  • What did Shakespeare’s father do?
  • With whom did he marry?
  • How many children did they have?
  • Why did he go to London?
  • Who ruled England in Shakespeare's times?
  • How many plays did he write? 
  • How many sonnets? 
  • How many narrative poems? 
  • When did he die?

FOLLOW UP:  watch this video about  Elizabethan theatre




Which do you think are the differences between Elizabethan and  Modern theatre? Try to find some according to your very own experience.
If anything comes to your mind watch THIS (click the arrow to play slideshow)


The Elizabethan theatre


Eager to find out more about Shakespeare's times? CLICK HERE 

Now you are ready for a  two minute talk to report back to class!
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