I. FILL IN THE GAPS.
1) Who was William Shakespeare again? – A playwright.
2) "The Bard" was an English author of famous plays about a lot of different things.
3) He started his career as an actor and playwright as a member of the actors group.
4) They built the famous Globe Theatre - their very first own theatre.
5) But his plays are still performed today and amaze audiences.
II. TRUE OR FALSE.
He was a novelist. - IT'S FAKE
He wrote comedies and tragedies. - ABOUT SHAKESPEARE
He had his own theatre. - ABOUT SHAKESPEARE
Women could play roles in the theatre. - IT'S FAKE
Author died at the age of 82. - IT'S FAKE
His works were simple and for common people. - IT'S FAKE
He created new English words. - ABOUT SHAKESPEARE
His famous works are “Hamlet”, Othello”. - ABOUT SHAKESPEARE
III. RETELL THE BIOGRAPHY OF W. SHAKESPEARE IN A NUTSHELL. USE THESE EXPRESSIONS BELOW
A PLAYWRIGHT, GLOBE THEATRE, TEXTS OF HIGH COMPLEXITY, SIMPLE PLOTS, A MULTITUDE OF SONNETS AND POEMS, ENGLISH WORDS, MOVIES, BOOKS AND EVEN MUSIC
IV. MAKE YOUR OWN SPEECH ABOUT THE BIOGRAPHY OF A FAMOUS BRITISH WRITER. USE THE FOLLOWING PLAN.
- General information: who, where, what, why and private life
- Early period, types of works
- Best works, one of them in short
- Late period and contribution
- Your opinion
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