jueves, 18 de junio de 2015

10. WHICH SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER ARE YOU?

ACTIVITY 10: (Individual) As curiosity, do you want to know which Shakespeare's character are you? Follow the link and answer 6 questions, it is easy and fast. Discover it!

QUIZ

9. WEBQUEST: SHAKESPEARE & CERVANTES

ACTIVITY 9:
This link will guide you until a webquest about Shakespeare & Cervantes:
SHAKESPEARE & CERVANTES


8. ALTERNATIVE ENDING

ACTIVITY 8: (Groups of 4 people) In this activity, you are going to imagine an alternative ending for the story. 




Then, you are going to perform what you have written in front of the class. 

Finally, we are going to create a book with the different endings that you have created. 


7. PARTS OF THE TEMPEST

ACTIVITY 7: (Groups of 4 people) Place the chapters in the structure of a story (Introduction, Body and Conclusion), then write a summary of each part. 







A table can help you in this activity:


6. THE TEMPEST ON TWITTER

ACTIVITY 6: (Group of 10/11 people - Individual) You are going to read the story again, and in this case, you will focus on a single character. While you are reading the story, you are going to take notes, and then you will tell the story from the point of view of this character and from his/her twitter's profile. (Remember 140 characters as maximum)



FOR EXAMPLE: 


5. VOCABULARY: THE TEMPEST

ACTIVITY 5: (Individual) While you are reading the story, you are going to find some unknown words. Try to understand them by the context and if it does not work, search them in a dictionary and explain them with your own words. 

The Tempest

Chapter 1: lonely, spells
Chapter 2: blowing (to blow), steering (to steer)
Chapter 3: still, alive
Chapter 4: swords, embarrassed
Chapter 5: complains (to complain), cloak
Chapter 6: rest (to rest), fault
Chapter 7: bright, screaming (to scream)
Chapter 8: forgive (to forgive), introduces (to introduce)















There are many online dictionaries as

WordReference Dictionary or Cambridge Dictionary.









STORYBIRD: THE TEMPEST BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE


As I have explained, we are going to read The Tempest written by William Shakespeare in 1611. However, we are going to use an adaptation written by Victoria Heward that I have used to create a book in Storybird. It is a useful resource to create stories and it is available for everyone. Enjoy the reading!

Don't forget follow the link:

THE TEMPEST BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE