English- The Life and Times of William Shakespeare

L.O- We will read, research, discuss, and answer comprehension questions on

1. Shakespeare's life
2. Elizabethan England
3. Elizabethan theatre
4. Shakespeare's works

What am I learning?
I am learning about Shakespeare's works and how his life was like.

Why am I learning it?
To help me understand his works better.

What questions do I have?
I don't have any questions.

Shakespeare's Life:

Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon, United Kingdom on April 23, 1564. He had six siblings three of whom was boys and the other three were girls. He was 52 years old when he died on the same day as his birthday in 1616.

Elizabeth England:

The population in Stratford was approximately 2,500 people. The town was filled with blacksmiths, shoemakers, bakers and fruit and vegetable sellers. During their time failing to attend church, drunkenness, and sorcery was considered offences and was delt by the church courts.

Elizabeth Theatre:

The globe theatre can hold 2,500 people, the cheapest way to watch plays and performance is by paying a penny. Those people are called 'groundlings'. People used creative ways to recreate the effects like rolling a cannonball at the back of the stage to create thunder sounds or using a bladder full of pigs blood to recreate the effect of someone being stabbed. The Elizabethans were very fond of entertainment they enjoy seeing acrobats, jugglers and musician in the street. They also enjoyed public executions.

Shakespeare's Works:

He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets, all this fits into categories: comedies, histories and tragedies. His longest play is called 'Hamlet' in contrast to that his shortest play is 'The Comedy of Errors'. His plays had been translated into 80 languages.