Hey, here you have the speaking activity of the THIRD TERM. Time flies, doesn’t it?!
This is a post-activity on the play Knowing Shakespeare we saw in El Foment last 1st March by the theatre company Look Out! You can visit them at http://www.lookoutcompany.com/show.php?s=14&e=3
1564 – 1616
You’ve been given a TOPIC related to the life of Shakespeare who is considered to be the world’s greatest playwright.
- The life of Shakespeare (1564-1616).
- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603).
- The plague hits London (1593).
- The Globe Theatre opens (1599).
- Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot (1605).
- Most relevant plays:
- Tragedies: Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet…
- Comedies: Much Ado About Nothing, Midsummer Night’s Dream…
- Introduce the group.
- Introduction of the topic (parts you will divide your presentation). See outlines.
- Body. Explanation of the different parts.
- Conclusion.
Also remember that…
- You must only write the basic information on the slides.
- You can also bring an outline of your speech.
- It’s very important you have a look at the post on Oral Presentations.
- This is the rubrica in order to assess the oral presentation on Shakespeare:
- rubric_oral_exposition_knowing_shakespeare_4eso
Related links:_____________________________________________________________________________________
QUEEN ELIZABETH I
http://www.biographyonline.net/royalty.html
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
http://www.biographyonline.net/writers.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/william_shakespeare/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z8k2p39
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/shakespeare
PLAYS
Much Ado About Nothing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3xhn39/revision
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zqqyg82/resources/1
Romeo and Juliet
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/literature-uk/shakespeare-romeo-and-juliet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zxxg9qt
Hamlet
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/literature-uk/shakespeare-hamlet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/dramahamlet/
Macbeth
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/literature-uk/shakespeare-macbeth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/dramamacbeth/
THE BUBONIC PLAGUE AND SHAKESPEARE
http://www.literarygenius.info/bubonic-plague-shakespeare.htm
http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor
HISTORY OF THE GLOBE THEATRE
http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeares-theatres/shakespeare-globe-facts/
http://www.bardstage.org/globe-theatre-history.htm
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/globe-theatre-facts.htm
GUY FAWKES AND THE GUNPOWDER PLOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcyXMLz3fK0
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/bonfire-night