Shakespeare Film and Scavenger Hunt Activity

1. Shakespeare wrote during the Renaissance period. 2. Shakespeare wrote for everyone, not one particular class. 3. List 4 of Shakespeare’s plays: 4. Modern writers are constantly reworking his plays to new scenes. 5. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford upon Avon. 6. At 18 he married Anne Hathaway. 7. In 1592 Shakespeare began acting and writing plays in London.

8. There was no scenery and no way to amplify voices. 9. It was considered morally unacceptable for women to act. 10. Characters often spoke their thoughts aloud in soliloquies. 11. Sometimes, characters spoke directly to the audience in asides. 12. The people that stood at ground level were known as groundlings. 13. Other famous playwrights of Shakespeare’s time included Christopher Marlowe and Ben Johnson.

14. In 1599, Shakespeare’s company built the Globe Theater. 15. Once King James I came to power, he named Shakespeare’s company the King’s Men. 16. Shakespeare died in Shakespeare’s plays were to appeal to people of all walks of life. 18. His plays explored deep feelings, worries, and convictions. 19. Shakespeare’s characters are all complex like real people.

20. Shakespeare filled dialogue to express thoughts or feelings. 21. Record two well known lines from Shakespeare’s plays. 22. Shakespeare’s poems were written in meter called iambic pentameter. 23. Writing to a beat makes the words pleasing to the ear. 24. Colonists brought copies of the plays to the new world.

25. In 1563, the bubonic/black plague killed 1/5 of England’s population. 26. Who did the English defeat in 1588 that instilled greater pride in their nation? The Spanish Armada 27. William’s father was John Shakespeare. 28. William’s mother was Mary Arden. 29. William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 18 years old. 30. Shakespeare had 3 children named Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet.

31. Where did Shakespeare attend college? He didn’t. 32. In 1593, Shakespeare wrote and published his first long poem, which was titled “Venus and Adonis”. 33. Theaters had no roof, no lighting, and plays were performed during the afternoon. 34. In the gallery were three tiers of seats for the rich. 35. Those that had to stand had to pay one penny to see a play.

36. A red flag meant history. A white flag meant comedy. And a black flag meant tragedy. 37. Holy Trinity is the church where Shakespeare was baptized. 38. Avon is the river that runs through the city. 39. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? Shakespeare used Hoilnshed’s Chronicles of England for numerous plots in some of his plays.

41. The First Folio was printed in 1623 and contained 36 plays. 42. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is from the Capulet household and Romeo is from the Montague household. 43. The play takes place in Verona, Italy. 44. The play is written in Elizabethan English. So….How Did You Do??