2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR

ÇORLU PRIVATE FEN BILIMLERI SECONDARY SCHOOL

7TH GRADE STUDYSHEET

PART 1-READING

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on April 23rd, 1564. His father, John
Shakespeare, was an important man in the town – William didn’t come from a poor family.

When he was eighteen, William married Anne Hathaway in Stratford but he didn’t want
to stay there. He wanted to be an actor and the best theatres were in London. So, in 1587,
William went to London, where he worked as an actor in a theatre called The Rose.

He began to write plays for the actors. He wrote Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar,
Richard II, Antony and Cleopatra and many more. Everyone liked his plays, and he became
famous.

When James I became king in 1603, Shakespeare worked for him, and performed his
plays for the King and his friends. He also worked at the famous Globe Theatre. This play
presented his last play, Henry VIII. There was a gun in this play, and the fire from the gun
burned the theatre down.

In 1610, Shakespeare went back to Stratford. He wanted to live there with his family, but
he died on April 23rd, 1610. He was only forty-six years old.

DIRECTION A: Read the text and answer the questions.

1. How old was Shakespeare when he got married?

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2. What was his wife’s name?
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3. Why did Shakespeare go to London?
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4. What was the name of the first theatre he worked in?
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5. What was he famous for?
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6. When did he die?

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7. Why did he go back to Startford?

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A. Fill in the table with what happened in Shakespeare’s life in these years.

1564
1582
1587
1603
1610

PART 2: VOCABULARY

DIRECTION: Look at the pictures below and then write the words next to their definitions.

armour

coronation
 mourn

helmet

battlements

banquet
 melancholy

avenge

withdrawn

1. a formal dinner for many people at an important occasion .......................

2. a wall around the top of the castle that has spaces to shoot guns or arrows ........................

3. very quiet and preferring not to talk to other people ..........................

4. great sadness ........................

5. punish someone responsible for something bad done to you ......................

6. a hard hat worn to protect the head in a battle ........................

7. the metal covering worn to protect the body in battle .......................

8. feel very sad because someone has died .......................

9. the ceremony at which someone is officially made a king or queen ............................

PART 3: WRITING

DIRECTION 1 : Look at this scene from Hamlet. Make a list of the key words that you
could use to describe it.

DIRECTION 2: Write a paragraph to describe the picture.

DIRECTION 3: Would you like to be there? Why/ why not? Explain your idea.

DIRECTION 4: Write a short story (humorous, sad , strange, tragic...) using the picture
above. Try to use some or all of the words in the VOCABULARY part to write your story.
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PART 3 : WATCHING

Directions A: Watch the given fragment of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and answer the
following questions. https://youtu.be/t0CqUTmwKiM

(Name of the video)Video SparkNotes: Shakespeare's Hamlet Summary

1. What is the main theme of the play?

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2. Who are Laertes and Ophelia according to the video?
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3. How was King Hamlet Murdered?
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4. Prince Hamlet hires a group of actors to perform a play for him. According to the video
what is the real reason for hiring the actors?
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5. At the 3.15-minute mark, Prince Hamlet decides he won’t kill Claudius. Why does he
make that decision?
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HEAD OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ENGLISH TEACHER

UZAY ÖZER SONA JAHANI