A bit of Shakespeare's Life &Quiz (Beginners)channyta
This is a powerpoint I've made to introduce Shakespeare to my students. It has some brief information about Shakespeare's life and it contains a quiz based on 'Who wants to be a millionaire' (I've used a template I found).
Hope you and your students enjoy it!
2. 26 April 1564 the
day of the great
begging.
In 23 April (aproximatly,
there’s no right date) 1564 was
born William Shakespeare in a
small town in England called
Startfford -upon- Avon. He did
not only lived in Stratford-
upon-Avon but he also lived in
London, U.K.
3. Who was William Shakespeare?
For some people William Shakespeare was
considered the best playwright ever. He was not only a
platywright but also he directed plays, acted on some
& was a poet.
He’s son of Mary Arden (daughter of a farmer) &
John Shakespeare that was a farmer at first but after
became a glove maker. When William turned 18 (1582)
he married Anne Hathaway with who he had 3
children one of them called Susanna and the other 2
who where twins, called Hamnet and Judith,
unfortunately Hamnet pasted away when he was 11 &
four years latter he created the play Hamlet that was
dedicated to his son.
In 1585 when he moved to London he started his
successful career as an actor, writer & part owner of a
theater company.
4. Importance of William
Nowadays William Shakespeare
has a big importance in people’s life
specially in students life because its
fundamental for kids to learn some of
his classics. Also he has a big
importance in life because he changed
the way theater was seen forever with
his brilliant plays such as Hamlet and
Romeo & Juliet. We must not forget
that he’s plays are extremely famous
and by that he is very important to
human’s culture.
