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PRE-LEARNING BOOKLET
YEAR 7
DE LACY ACADEMY
Context: Who is William Shakespeare? What do you already know about him?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Task: Create a fact file about William Shakespeare – use the prompts below to help you.
9. What are some of the plays that he wrote?
10. Interesting facts about him?
11. Draw a picture of him.
1. What do you know about the Elizabethans?
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2. Who were the two monarchs that ruled during Shakespeare’s lifetime?
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3. What was the social hierarchy in Shakespeare’s lifetime?
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4. What was a typical day in the life for a woman in the Elizabethan era?
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5. What is a dowry?
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The Globe Theatre – Research the following questions:
Task: Create a leaflet about the Globe Theatre.
Much Ado About Nothing – William Shakespeare.
Task: Find out the definitions of the key vocabulary. Can you put each word into a sentence?
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Read Act 1. Then complete the following activities:
Can you summarise what happens in Act 1? Use these words to help: bitter, jealous, love, marriage, plot, squabble, suitor, tease, victory, war, welcome, witty, woo.
Tasks:
Task 1: Write a love letter from Claudio to Hero.
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Tasks:
Task 2: Write Don John’s Diary explaining how he feels about Don Pedro
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Tasks:
Task 3: Write a speech for either Beatrice or Benedick explaining how they feel about each other.
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