OBJECTIVES CCSS: Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas and poems. I CAN listen to and learn about the life of William Shakespeare. I CAN demonstrate understanding by answering questions. IEP Objectives: turn taking, staying on topic, describing words, action words, using your good speech You will take a short quiz as your exit ticket.

VOCABULARY Biography – the story or book about someone’s life Bard – a poet, a person who writes poems Comedy – a play that is funny and makes people feel happy Tragedy – a play that is sad Quill – a pen made from a feather of a large bird

William Shakespeare The Bard of Avon

Shakespeare’s Life Biography William Shakespeare was born on April 23, He lived in a country named England. His town was Stratford – on – Avon. Avon is a famous river in England. When young William was 18 years old, he married a girl named Anne Hathaway. They had 3 children. William Shakespeare wrote plays and poems. He wrote 37 plays. His plays were either comedies or tragedies. Most people think his most famous play is “Hamlet”. Hamlet was a young Prince.

Shakespeare wrote his plays and poems with a quill. He did not have electricity. At night he wrote by candlelight. His many plays were performed on a stage in the Globe Theatre. William Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616.