Your
English teacher, is very fond of William
Shakespeare’s books. She has decided to infect
you with this literary virus and, for this reason, she informs you that
during the next weeks you will have to spend your time studying his
biography and influence in the universal literature and cinema .
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Introduction
What an idea!
How are you going to do that?
Do not worry, you are in the right place .
This WebQuest is about helping you to start knowing SHAKESPEARE and his marvellous works!
¿Do you recognize this scene?
I am sure you realize it is part of:
:
Harry
Potter □
Romeo
and Juliet □
Othello
and Ophelia □
As
easy as this, the rest of the tasks in this webquest about Shakespeare will
be...
Follow
the instructions and enjoy your tasks!
Tasks
1. We will work in groups of three people. In every
group we have to assume three different roles:
Biographer
Historian
Translator
2. Each student will play
the chosen role. You will find all the information you need clicking the
links below.
3. Each student will have to fill in the questionnaire according to
his/her role. The group can work
together and collaborate to get the
right information for each of the three roles.
4. Each student will have to fill in a bibliographic reference taken
from one of the visited websites.
5. Each student will explain orally to the rest of
the class the information he or she has collected. Good
luck!
Resources
Have a look at these links. You will find all the
information you need about W. Shakespeare:
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/educational.htm
http://www.jetlink.net/~massij/shakes/
http://www.ualberta.ca/~sreimer/shakespr.htm
http://www.clicknotes.com/romeo/SP1.html
http://www.theplays.org/romeo/
http://www.romeoandjuliet.com/
Process
As
BIOGRAPHER, your work will be to investigate on William Shakespeare’s life.
1.
Print the questionnaire you must use to
fulfil your task.
2.
Visit the links below and write down the answers in
your form .
3.Fill in a bibliography card about one of the
following websites.
Shakespeare in Education
Shakespeare in the Classroom
As
HISTORIAN, you
must review the existing information about The Globe Theatre.
1. Print the questionnaire you must use to fulfil your task.
2. Visit the following
websites and write down the answers in the form.
3. Fill in a bibliography card about one of
the following websites.
Virtual tour of Globe Theatre
Information on Globe
Theatre
As TRANSLATOR, you
must translate one sentence from the prologue of the work ”Romeo and Juliet” and explain its meaning
1. Print the film poster you
must use to fulfil your task.
2. Visit
the following websites and write down your explanation freely . Do not forget
to include references to other literary and cinematographic works
3. Fill in a bibliography card about
one of the following websites.
Notes
Characters
Evaluation
Each student will be assessed using the
following rubric. These evaluation criteria will be used with the
oral explanations of every student to the rest of the class
Conclusion
Working with this Webquest you have learnt to use
Internet in a scientifical way :
1. You have
browsed different websites looking
for specific information in order to achieve your objectives
2. You have learnt
to establish relations between dates and information to get a general idea
about the proposed subject
3. You have
discovered different ways of investigation suitable for future works.
4. You have improved
your reading and comprehension capacities working with real English texts.
5. You have made
an effort analysing and synthesizing to prepare the oral explanation.
6. You have
collaborated with your class-mates in a common task
7. You have
schematised and fixed the basic elements of a bibliography card with academic
rigour
8. You have
improved your linguistic and literary competences about Shakespeare
Didactic Guíde.
Author: Belén Roza. EOI Avilés
Electronic
Email: mariabel@educastur.princast.es
Level
: 3º EOI
Subject: English
Estimated
timetable (1
hour sessions): 5 sessions
Suggestions:
The subject requires previous work with role-plays and
oral presentations techniques (grammar, vocabulary, body language, intonation)
Date: 04-06-03
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