Fun Intro to Shakespeare: Guessing Game, Trivia, Research, Language, Quotes
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Many students are intimidated by Shakespeare because of the difficult language. This 2-3 day introduction to Shakespeare gives students a chance to get comfortable with Shakespeare’s language and learn about life in Elizabethan England. This introduction requires no teaching on the part of the teacher. It consists of a fun guessing activity, research worksheet, and student-lead learning about life in Shakespeare’s time.
1)Introduction activity (1 class period /4 pages/ language, trivia, and research)
•Page 1: students guess the meaning of little-known, funny words from Shakespeare’s plays.
•Page 2: students guess which words were not invented by Shakespeare. They then guess the answer to the trivia questions.
•Page 3: There is a beginner and advanced option for this page.
•Advanced option: Students try to write famous Shakespeare quotes in modern English.
•Beginner option: Students match famous Shakespeare quotes to their modern meaning (best for ESL or younger students).
•Page 4: Students complete a research worksheet about important dramatic devices and different types of plays. This page might be assigned as homework.
*All answers are included in the answer key. Students may check and mark their own work using the answer key, or the teacher may review answers with the class.
2) Student-lead learning (2-3 class periods / 4 pages / research, presentation and listening/ note taking activity)
•Students form small groups of 2 or 3. Each groups should choose an area of life in Elizabethan England that they would like to research and introduce to the class.
•Resource has 11 suggested topics including:
•The Globe Theatre
•The city of London
•Women in Elizabethan England
•Witchcraft and magic
•Page 1 and 2 /Research paper/1 per group: students research their topic and then write three questions in order to narrow their scope. Students record their questions and findings in the graphic organizer.
** Students might also create a poster about their topic.
•Page 3 and 4 / Listening and note taking worksheet / 1 per student: As the groups present their topics, students should listen and record notes in the graphic organizer. Students will now have a set of notes about Shakespeare and life in the Elizabethan era.
HAPPY TEACHING!
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Independent Reading Log and Report For Fiction and Nonfiction Books
Article Summary and Analysis One Pager: Use With Any Informational Text
