An introduction to Shakespeare
Advanced lesson plan (C1): An introduction to Shakespeare - BUY ME A COFFEE if you like my FREE ESL content Everyone's heard of William Shakespeare, but for most of us he's not much more than a name and a few dry facts. In this C1 worksheet, we bring Shakespeare to life, discussing the sordid details of Romeo and Juliet's doomed love affair, learning how the poetic meter of the Bard's poems mimicked the BUM-BUM of the human heart, and much more! Educational materials shouldn't be paywalled. Show your support for my ESL content by buying me a coffee! Lesson activities: 1) Students start by reading a short biography about William Shakespeare, filling in missing words. Key vocabulary: manuscripts, spawned, renowned, prolific. 2) Students will then read Shakespeare's most famous sonnet, 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?' They will be aided in their comprehension by information about archaic pronouns, modernised 'translations' of dif...