WEEKS 2 AND 3 (SEMANAS 2 Y 3) : April 12^TH  TO 23^RD

 Indicador de desempeño: Comprensión de textos que permiten apreciar los valores de la cultura angloparlante.

 Topic: Language day celebration

 Ahora conocerás un poco acerca de la vida de William Shakespeare uno de los grandes genios de la literatura universal de origen británico. Este autor es considerado el escritor más importante de la lengua inglesa y es conocido por haber escrito entre otros,  Romeo y Julieta y Hamlet, unas de las obras más bellas de la literatura del siglo XVI y de todos los tiempos.

 Recuerda seguir las indicaciones de la guía de febrero para realizar lectura de textos en inglés.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on April 23rd, 1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was an important man in the town – William didn’t come from a poor family.

When he was eighteen, William married Anne Hathaway in Stratford but he didn’t want to stay there. He wanted to be an actor and the best theatres were in London. So, in 1587, William went to London, where he worked as an actor in a theatre called The Rose.

He began to write plays for the actors. He wrote Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Richard II, Antony and Cleopatra and many more. Everyone liked his plays, and he became famous.

When James I became king in 1603, Shakespeare worked for him, and performed his plays for the King and his friends. He also worked at the famous Globe Theatre. This play presented his last play, Henry VIII. There was a gun in this play, and the fire from the gun burned the theatre down.

In 1610, Shakespeare went back to Stratford. He wanted to live there with his family, but he died on April 23rd, 1610. He was only forty-six years old.

 

Tomado y adaptado de: William Shakespeare - English ESL Worksheets for distance learning and physical classrooms (islcollective.com)

 

ACTIVITY

I.              Con base en la lectura del texto anterior responde en tu cuaderno las preguntas sobre el texto

  1.    How old was Shakespeare when he got married?

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2.    What was his wife’s name?

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3.    Why did Shakespeare go to London?

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4.    What was the name of the first theatre he worked in?

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5.    What was he famous for?                                                  

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I.             Escribe en la tabla qué pasó en la vida de Shakespeare en los años indicados.

 

1564
1582
1587
1603
1610

 

MINI-PROJECT.  Piensa en un escritor de cualquier nacionalidad que te llame la atención y prepara una presentación de este incluyendo foto o dibujo, nombre completo, fecha de nacimiento, nacionalidad, idioma, los libros que ha escrito. Luego graba un audio y envíalo a la docente.