William
Shakespeare
As an
introduction to our unit on Romeo and
Juliet, we will first look at the life and times of Shakespeare.
Answer all of
the following questions in complete sentences on the page
provided.
Good luck with
your quest.
1.
Where was Shakespeare born?
http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/macro/5009/50.html#0061
siblings, and education.
Shakespeare’s
birthplace
children did they have together?
commonly told story about
Shakespeare
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/timeline/timeline.htm
5.
What was the name of the first play Shakespeare published?
When was it
published?
How many plays did he write in total?
http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLTnoframes/life/fastfacts.html
6. Shakespeare
and the Globe Theatre
Early in 1599, Shakespeare paid into his acting company's kitty a sum of money amounting to 12.5 percent of the cost of building the ______________. He did so as one of the chief shareholders in the company, the _________________________________.
7.
Shakespeare wrote during the
Elizabethan Age. Why was it
called that? Briefly describe
this age in
http://www.bardweb.net/england.html
8.
Read all of the categories in this
section called “the family”. Give
one fact from each section.
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9.
The following website allows you
to enter a word from a Shakespearean play or poem and it automatically finds
the reference for you. There are
books available to do these types of searches.
They are called concordances.
Go to this site and enter the word lark.
Now copy a line from Romeo and
Juliet and give the reference (Act, Scene, Line).
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/shakespeare
10.
Shakespeare’s plays are not
boring and dull. They had to be
entertaining for the crowds that came to see them.
So, many of Shakespeare’s plays have jokes (sometimes quite rude!)
and insults. Consult the
following website to get a sample of Shakespearean insults.
Copy down two of your favourites.
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html
BONUS:
To test your knowledge of Shakespeare’s life and times, go to this
site
and take a quiz.
If you want to have some fun and send a Shakespearean email postcard, look at
the following site: