| Performance Indicator:
P.S ELA-3 Reading Craft and Structure: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of a text. A. Understand SOAPSTone: Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone |
Introduction to Shakespeare: Web Search
INSTRUCTIONS: Using internet sources answer the questions included in the following web search.
1. When was Shakespeare born?
2. What was the era known as during Shakespeare’s lifetime?
3. Who were the reigning monarchs in England, France, and Spain during Shakespeare’s lifetime?
4. What theater group was Shakespeare a member of?
5. What were the genres of plays that Shakespeare wrote?
6. How many tragedies did Shakespeare compose?
7. When and how did Shakespeare reportedly die?
8. What do you find as the most interesting conspiracy theory surrounding Shakespeare’s work/life?
9. What is the form of poetry that Shakespeare is famous for composing? What are the characteristics of this form of verse?
10. What are you interested in learning about William Shakespeare’s literary work?