Episode 25 Teacher Resource 4th September 2018 Globe Theatre
Students will explore the history of 1. Before you watch the BTN Globe Theatre story, record what you the Globe Theatre. Students will know about William Shakespeare. explore the meaning, use and form 2. When was the Globe Theatre first built? of Shakespeare’s language.
3. Where was it built? Locate using Google Maps. 4. What happened to the original Globe Theatre? 5. Name a play written by William Shakespeare. 6. About how many people can the Globe Theatre can hold?
7. How many storeys high is the Globe? English – Year 5 8. What is at the base of the stage? Understand that the pronunciation, 9. Illustrate an aspect of the Globe Theatre story. spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over 10. Which film is based on one of Shakespeare’s plays? time. a. Hotel Transylvania b. Trolls Understand that patterns of language interaction vary across c. Gnomeo & Juliet social contexts and types of texts and that they help to signal social roles and relationships.
Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented Discuss the BTN Globe Theatre story as a class. What questions were in texts students have experienced. raised in the discussion (what are the gaps in their knowledge)? The following KWLH organiser provides students with a framework to explore English – Year 6 Experiment with text structures their knowledge on this topic and consider what they would like to know and and language features and their learn. effects in creating literary texts, for example, using imagery, sentence variation, metaphor and word What do I choice. What do I What have I How will I find want to know? learnt? out? Identify the relationship between know? words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse.
English – Year 7 Understand how accents, styles of speech and idioms express and create personal and social identities. Students will develop their own question/s for inquiry, collecting and recording information from a wide variety of sources.
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Virtual tour Download the Shakespeare’s Globe 360 app for students to take a look inside the Globe Theatre. The free app allows anyone in the world to explore a virtual version of the Glove Theatre. Users can move around the virtual theatre, zoom in and out and reveal the oak frame. Users can venture through the oak doors and head inside, where they can explore the theatre as 360-degree images.
Learn more about the app by visiting this website http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/about-us/virtual-tour
Research project Students will find out more about the Globe Theatre using this worksheet to record their findings. Encourage students to use a range of sources to find their information.
Students will research the following for their project: • When was the Globe Theatre first built? • Where was it built? Find using Google Maps. • What happened to the first Globe Theatre? • Name some plays that have been performed at the Globe? • What does the Globe Theatre look like? Describe its layout and special features. • Did you know? Find some interesting facts about the Globe.
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Welcome to the Globe Playground Visit Shakespeare’s Globe Playground for a range of interactive games and fun classroom activities. http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/playground
Source: Shakespeare’s Globe link
Everyday Shakespearean language Over the centuries Shakespeare’s plays have gained a reputation for being difficult to understand. But did you know that you have probably quoted Shakespeare without even realising it? In fact, 95% of the words and phrases used in Shakespeare’s plays are the same words we use today.
As a class watch Shakespeare: The History of English for an fun animated look at the words and phrases invented by Shakespeare.
Students will then respond to the following: • Which of the following Shakespearean phrases do you use in your everyday conversation? (refer to table below) • Think of situations when you would use these phrases and put them into a sentence. • Use the internet to find out which of Shakespeare’s plays used these phrases. • Create an illustrated dictionary of your 5 favourite words or phrases invented by Shakespeare.
Word or phrase Example Shakespeare play
I nearly died of “I nearly died of embarrassment when I Taming of the Shrew embarrassment forgot my lines during the school play.”
As dead as a doornail “Oh no! I forgot to charge my phone. Henry V It's as dead as a doornail.”
To nail it
Off with his head
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The world is your oyster
Don’t judge a book by its cover
All of a sudden
Like chalk and cheese
Wild-goose chase
Pigs might fly
Get off your high horse
Don’t cry over spilt milk
To be in a world of your own
Refer to the BBC’s vocabulary reference for a list of phrases invented by Shakespeare. Watch these fun BBC animations to learn more about the origins and meanings of some of Shakespeare’s phrases.
Shakespeare’s insults Shakespeare was well known for the insults included in his work. Some of these included: • Thou urchin-snouted foot-licker • Thou swag-bellied pignut • Thou beetle-headed canker-blossom
Students will create their own Shakespearean insults using a word from each column at the following website https://www.folger.edu/sites/default/files/QuotesScripts_Insults.pdf
Shakespeare’s Globe – History of the Globe http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/about-us/history-of-the-globe
BTN – Shakespeare http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4452869.htm
BTN – Shakespeare in School http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3707999.htm
BTN – Shakespeare in School http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3208642.htm
Shakespeare’s Globe – Playground http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/playground
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