A webquest on Shakespeare for 15- year- old students of English

1. SHAKESPEARE
Watch this video https://youtu.be/R-6HqYjmTdM and answer the following questions:
1. William Shakespeare was born in...
2. What’s the word in English for someone who writes plays?
3. What was his father’s job? What did his mother’s father do?
4. He probably went to school in his childhood and learnt...
5. He married Ann Hathaway at the age of 18. She was ....... years older than him.
6. When did he write his first play?
7. He moved to London and established himself as... a) an actor and clown b) as a poet and singer c) as a
playwright and actor d) as a playwright and book publisher
8. He helped build a theater in the center of London called...
9. What was it like?
10. Queen ................................. often went to see his plays.
11. Mention two comedies he wrote. What do comedies have in common?
12. Tragedies are about ........................ and ...........................
13. In Shakespeare’s times actresses were not allowed on the stage. Who played their parts?
14. “To be or not to be, that is the question” is the most famous of the lines he wrote. What play do these words
belong to?
Have a look at this site http://www.dummies.com/education/literature/shakespeares-plays/ and write the name of the
play.
15. This play takes part in Scotland,. There are three witches who tell someone who is going to be the king.
16. This play is about a moneylender called Shylock who lends money and asks for a pound of flesh from the
borrower, Antonio.
17. A play in which Puck, a fairy character, makes a magic potion so that those who drink it fall in love with
the first person they see. It takes place in the woods near Athens.
18. A play in which the prince of Denmark revenges his father’s death.
19. A general of the Venetian army murders his wife, Desdemona, because he thinks she is cheating on him.
Iago is the evil character.

2. 20. A play about the king that starts a new church.
EXTRA PRACTICE
Visit http://www.onestopenglish.com/teenagers/topic-based-materials/webquests/webquest-
shakespeare/553133.article#.Wa5uj6km7Pc.blogger and do activities 2 - The plot of Romeo and Juliet -
and 3 - Boy players-.