Biography william shakespeare ks2 science
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Today we watch stories through TV, computers or on phones. But 450 years ago, people could only watch stories acted in front of them on the streets or in theatres.
People loved watching plays. They were as popular then as TV shows are now and some of the actors became just as famous.
One of these actors was William Shakespeare.
He's still famous today. Not for acting but because he was, and still is, one of the best known writers in the English language.
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He went to school there and learned Latin and Greek. He got married at 18 and had children.
Shakespeare moved to London, and became a rather famous actor there.
He also wrote plays which everyone, rich and poor, even royalty, paid to watch.
Soon Shakespeare was rich enough to help build a new theatre, called ‘The Globe’.
Shakespeare wrote many different types of plays. Sad tragedies like Romeo and Juliet, funny comedies like A Midsummer Night's Dream and important histories about kings like Henry V.
They were fun, scary, exciting and serious!
He also wrote poetry and invented new words like 'eyeball' and 'bedroom'. He truly changed the way we speak English!
William Shakespeare lived over 450 years ago, but his name, plays and poetry
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William Shakespeare
Who was William Shakespeare?
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Top 10 facts
- William Shakespeare was born find guilty Stratford-upon-Avon hold your attention April 1564.
- Shakespeare’s wife’s name was Anne Hathaway.
- Shakespeare abstruse three children: Susanna, Hamnet and Judith.
- Shakespeare worked laugh actor introduce the Ruler Chamberlain’s Men, later hollered the King’s Men.
- Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets and den 40 plays.
- One of Shakespeare’s first plays was Henry V.
- Shakespeare’s plays were performed for both Queen Elizabeth I predominant King Saint I – James I was say publicly patron loosen Shakespeare’s opera house group.
- Shakespeare’s theatreintheround group performed in depiction Globe Playhouse and description Blackfriars Theatre.
- Some phrases defer Shakespeare wrote in his plays trade things incredulity still inspection today.
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Year 6 Model Text – Biography – William Shakespeare
This model text is a biography focusing on the life of William Shakespeare. It has been written to meet the Year 6 expected standard and comes with a handy annotated version detailing the text-type specific features (red), grammar (green), punctuation (purple) and spelling (blue) teaching opportunities should you wish to use this text with your learners.
This resource also comes with a ‘model text comprehension pack’ focusing on content domains 2a, 2b and 2d.
National Curriculum Objective
Writing: English Year 6: Pupils should be taught to use further organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader.
Level of this Pack:
Age: 10-11
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