PPT-Strategies for teaching Shakespeare

Shelley Jiles Crestview College Preparatory 2013 What Students Say I cant understand it They talk funny The words are old Can we just watch the movie. Study Guide Review. 1. What did Shakespeare consider his main profession to be? (Bloom: Knowledge). He considered himself to be more of an actor than a writer.. 2. Explain why Shakespeare might find it unusual for people to study his plays . Greetings from me, The Bard, England’s greatest poet and storyteller. You thought I was just the greatest writer? I am also the rudest man in England!. LEARNING OBJECTIVES. By the end of this lesson: . An Introduction to the Playwright and his Play, . Julius Caesar. Biographical Information. Born: Stratford-Upon Avon, England April 23, 1564. Parents, John and Mary (Arden). Married Anne Hathaway, November, 1582. Bevington. , Welsh and Greenwald. SHAKESPEARE script, stage, screen. Chapter 4. The spectrum of interpretive possibilities. Reviewers, critics, directors, and actors all bring their own backgrounds, prejudices and personal experiences. lived. 1564- 1616. Shakespeare . wrote. . about. love, . comedy. and drama. . He. . also. . wrote. . sonnets. and . worked. as an . actor. . . William Shakespeare. Av: Anna, Felicia, Rebecka & Elin, 8D. T LELE: . The author’s voice. The author playing with language. Theme 1: The author’s voice. The author playing with language. Doc 1: Shakespeare’s Sonnet XVIII. the . Tmblr. pop sonnet you have . The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Mr. William Shakespeare. Born April 23, 1564– died April 23, 1616. Baptismal name: Johanna Shakespeare. Eldest son and third child of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden.. 1564-1616. 1592 first evidence of arrival on London theatrical scene. 1594 forms . Lord Chamberlain’s. men. 1603 renamed the . King’s Men. Composition of . Tempest. around 1610-1611 . Circa 1611 London career ends. . appreciate that Shakespeare’s plays can be performed and interpreted in different ways, . remaining relevant in the 21. st. century.. OBJECTIVES:. What do you know about Shakespeare?. . What did he do?. Pericles. “Thy . food is . such. As . hath been . belch'd. on by infected lungs. .”. Or this one from King Lear (said by the King to his own daughter!). “Thou . art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted . The “be-all and end-all” of dramatists. CLICK ON SPEAKER TO HEAR SOUND. CHILDHOOD. Born in . Stratford-upon-Avon. Son of a glove-maker. Grammar school education. (6am-6pm) boys studied Latin:Cicero,Virgil,Ovid, and Seneca. Playtexts. and Performance Texts . Part 2.. Shakespeare’s Beginnings. Snug: Have you the lion’s part written? Pray you, if it be, give it me; for I am slow of study.. Quince: You may do it extempore*, for it is nothing but roaring. To . explore and understand Shakespeare’s use of language in Sonnet . 144. A Muse. The Muses are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts in Greek mythology. . They . were considered the source of the knowledge . UNIT BACKGROUND Historical and Cultural Background Reemergence of Classical Learning and Striving for a National Language A concentrated wave of intellectual and creative energy swept through Italy a