re William Shakespeare Before you start BACKGROUND 1 Read about Shakespeare. Which of his plays have you seen or read? William Shakespeare Reading and Listening (1584-1616)4s probably the ) 2 Read and listen to the story of Hamlet. What kind of story is it? greatest dramatist and poet a in the English language. a ghost story © a story of revenge * a love story a funny story He grew up in Stratford- upon-Avon and married 3 Read the Strategies. ‘Anne Hathaway when he hap Eat Reading Strategies: Sequencing ‘© Read the story first to get the general idea of what happened. * Look at the sentences and locate the actions in the story. tuihisiearly Grantee hie ‘© Put the actions in order. Use time words and expressions to help you began to work in the theatre (e.g. later). . Eppa Ta tie 16808, ‘+ Read the sentences in your order to see if the story makes sense, Eocene: a Read the story again. Then use the Strategies to put the sentences probebly acted as well. They ‘nto the order of when they actually happened, performed at the Globe a Claudius put poison onto Laertes’s sword. ‘Theatre in London and also b Hamlet spoke to his father’s ghost. ‘went on tour. ¢ Hamlet and Laertes started to fight. 4 Hamlet behaved strangely and was nasty to Ophelia. Shakespeare's plays were Gertrude married Hamlet's uncle. first published in 1623, seven f Hamlet killed Claudius. years after his death, and so g Claudius killed Hamlet's father. 7 we do not know the exact hh Gertrude drank the wine and died. dates of each play. His early i Hamlet killed Polonius. plays include Richard Ii! and Romeo and Juliet; among his 4 Are these statements true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false information. famous comedies are A og . 8 : 5 adsutinier Night's Dream 1 Ci Gertrude married Claudius a few months after King Hamlet died. and Zwelfth Night; and his 2 Othe ghost appeared before midnight. Greet agedies inclnde King 3A snake ile Hams fates eee esty aud of eooree) 4 Ci Hamlet never had an opportunity to kill Claudius. Hamlet. 5 C1 Claudius wanted to poison Gertrude. 5 Choose adjectives from page 25 to describe these characters: © Claudius * Hamlet © Laertes + Ophelia Vocabulary: Wordbuiding (1 6 Complete these sentences with words from the story. Make new words from the words in brackets. 1A (poison) snake didn’t kill Hamlet's father but it was @ (pain) death. 2. Hamlet was full of (hate) for his stepfather and his mother's behaviour filed him with (angry). - 3. Hamlet was not very (Gecision) and he started behaving ______ (strange). 4 Hamlet was (suspect) and thought that Claldius was listening to him and his mother. 5 When he returned from England, Ophelia was Claudius was still ___—_ (live). (die) but