TITLE PAGE
INTRODUCTION
TASK ONE: Shakespeare's Life
TASK TWO: Elizabethan England
TASK THREE: TheGlobe Theater

TASK FOUR: Shakespeare's Works
EVALUATION
RESOURCES

 

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William Shakespeare wrote such profound plays and moving poetry that we still read and study it some 400 years later. Read on to see what you may have heard before, but did not realize was Shakespeare. Have fun creating your sonnet or ode!

1.) List three phrases that were coined by Shakespeare. Discuss what it means, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, and from which play it is derived from.

2.) List three words that were coined by Shakespeare. Discuss what it means, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, and from which play it is derived from.

3.) How many plays did Shakespeare write?

4.) How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

5.) You are to complete an Ode or a Sonnet.

Here is an example of an Ode that Mrs. Cisar created:

ODE TO JETT

Click above for instructions! The links for step-by-step instruction are on the resource page.

 

Welcome to Shakesperience! A webquest designed for middle school students by Vicki Cisar, Bolich Middle School, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.