This document provides an activity where students must use clues and quotes to guess the Shakespearean play, character, and genre for three suspects. For each suspect, students are prompted to write the storyline of the play, describe the character, and identify the genre as history, tragedy, comedy, or romance. The three suspects are Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet.
This document provides an activity where students must use clues and quotes to guess the Shakespearean play, character, and genre for three suspects. For each suspect, students are prompted to write the storyline of the play, describe the character, and identify the genre as history, tragedy, comedy, or romance. The three suspects are Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet.
This document provides an activity where students must use clues and quotes to guess the Shakespearean play, character, and genre for three suspects. For each suspect, students are prompted to write the storyline of the play, describe the character, and identify the genre as history, tragedy, comedy, or romance. The three suspects are Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet.
Activity: Using the clues provided, try to guess the character and the play from a selection of Shakespeare’s most famous works.
Using the images, the three clues and
the quotes provided, see if you can guess the following information for each suspect: - The storyline of the play - A description of the character (which could include their motivations, attitudes, personality and strengths and weaknesses) - The genre of the play
Suspect One: Macbeth
Macbeth
I think the storyline is about…
I would describe the character of Macbeth as…
I think the genre of the play is a history/tragedy/comedy/romance because…
Suspect Two: Hamlet Hamlet
I think the storyline is about…
I would describe the character of Hamlet as…
I think the genre of the play is a history/tragedy/comedy/romance because…
Suspects Three & Four: Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
I think the storyline is about…
I would describe that characters of Romeo and Juliet as…
I think the genre of the play is a history/tragedy/comedy/romance because…