SHAKESPEARE SOME HINTS
LET´S START WITH… SONNET 18! Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
INSERT OR PAST HERE A PHOTO THAT REPRESENTS BEAUTY, LOVE, THE GIRL/BOY YOU LOVE… FOR EXAMPLE:
1. What do you know about Shakespeare? Write a few notes about his life. 2. What do you see in these lines? Is it prose? Is it a poem? Which structure can you appreciate? Has it a peculiar style? Please, explain. 3. What is this poem about? Can you see the theme? 4. Do you see any special words, what words you find unfamiliar? 5. Sum up in a tweet this poem, adding the hashtag: #sonnet18 6. Listen to the speaker reading the sonnet in this video:
Video Sonnet 18 7. Read it aloud in class with a partner (the teacher will say you when and how). Please, share all your answers and impressions on the school’s blog.(Weebly) Nice!
ROMEO AND JULIET
Romeo and Juliet:
The Balcony Scene (Act 2, Scene 2)
ORIGINAL TEXT
MODERN TEXT
1. Read aloud both texts, you will be Romeo, your partner, Juliet. 2. Underline the words adapted to the modern text. For example: `yonder´ for `over there´. 3. Work in groups to comment upon love at first sight. Write pros and cons about this kind of love. Share your thoughts with your partners. 4. Watch the Balcony Scene:
Balcony Scene video 5. Write a brief review of romantic love nowadays. Differences between Romeo and Juliet’s and today’s love.
BIOGRAPHY
Biography video 1. Watch the video 2. Write your impressions about William Shakespeare biography. (120 words). 3. Share with the class
THE COMPLETE WORS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline Love's Labours Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Pericles, Prince of Tyre Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's TaleHenry IV, part 1 Henry IV, part 2 Henry V Henry VI, part 1 Henry VI, part 2 Henry VI, part 3 Henry VIII King John Richard II Richard IIIAntony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus AndronicusThe Sonnets A Lover's Complaint The Rape of Lucrece Venus and Adonis Funeral Elegy by W.S.
Link complete works
Shhh….William is talking!:
COULD YOU BE ABLE TO ADD SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE´S LIFE, PLAYS, POEMS, SONNETS, VIDEOS, PERFORMANCES, ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU CONSIDER OF INTEREST?
PUBLISH IN THE WEB-BLOG SCHOOL YOUR MAGAZINE, SO OTHER FRIENDS CAN SEE, LEARN AND ENJOY IT.
It could be a good start…!
Elia Campos Vidal Valencia, mayo 2015.
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