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  

4. THE TEMPEST'S CHARACTERS

ACTIVITY 4: (Whole class - Pairs) Before reading the story, we are going to present the characters of The Tempest.

You know the names of the characters and the relationship between them, but what do you know about their personality? Think one or two adjectives for each character. 

3. THE TEMPEST

ACTIVITY 3: (Pairs) We are going to read The Tempest written by William Shakespeare in 1611, but in this case we are going to use an adaptation of this work written by Victoria Heward. Can you imagine the argument of this story from the title and these two lines? Let's try it.

Title: The Tempest

Two first lines: Prospero is the real Duke of Milan, but he does not live in Milan: he lives on a small, lonely island with his beautiful young daughter, Miranda.

You can take into account questions like these ones:

• Who are the characters?
• Where does the story take place?
•  Is it a tragedy or a comedy?

2. SHAKESPEARE'S QUOTES

ACTIVITY 2: (Individual) These quotes belong to Shakespeare's works. 

• “Have more than you show, speak less than you know”, King Lear (1608)

•   “Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it”,  Macbeth (1606)
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•  “To be or not to be”, Hamlet (1605)

• "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him", Julius Caesar (1599)

• “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”, Romeo and Juliet (1597)

1. Choose one of them and interpret its meaning.
2. Can you write one useful quote for future generations? Be original, you will be remembered!

1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ON FACEBOOK!

ACTIVITY 1: (Whole class) Let's discover William Shakespeare's life through his wall on Facebook. 

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WELCOME TO THIS BLOG!

Welcome to The Tempest's World! We are going to discover all the secrets about William Shakespeare and his work The Tempest. Are you ready to travel through time? This is an adventure for brave people who are waiting to learn about a representative character of literature as Shakespeare and his works!

Let's start our trip!