1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564 – 1616) We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. (The tempest)

2. HMM, SHAKESPEARE, SOUNDS FAMILIAR. IS HE A YOUTUBER SOMEONE MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY?! Let`s line up beginning with the person who knows nothing about Sh., the next one is the person who knows one fact etc. Something about Shakespeare`s life http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short- stories/william-shakespeare Let`s do a quiz http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/playground/read /quizzes Shakespeare worked at the Globe Theatre in London, so let`s take a virtual tour around his theatre. http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/playground/explo ring-shakespeare Some of Shakespeare`s plays: Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Richard III, King Lear, Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, Midsummer Night`s Dream, As you like it, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Merry Wives of Windsor And another quiz http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/playground/read /quizzes

3. SHAKESPEARE INVENTED OVER 1700 OF ENGLISH COMMON WORDS BY CHANGING NOUNS INTO VERBS, CHANGING VERBS INTO ADJECTIVES, CONNECTING WORDS NEVER BEFORE USED TOGETHER, ADDING PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES, AND DEVISING WORDS WHOLLY ORIGINAL.

4. SHAKESPEARE DIDN`T ONLY WRITE PLAYS, HE ALSO WROTE SONNETS AND SOME OF HIS MOST FAMOUS SONNETS ARE 18, 73 AND 116. Sonnet 73 is about the brevity of life Sonnet 116 is about love`s power and strength Sonnet 18 is about immortality SONNET 73 That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire, Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by. This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

5. SONNET 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st; So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

6. THANK YOU FOR BEAUTIFUL RECITALS, NILICA, MILA, ANJA AND KRISTINA. NOW MILA IS GOING TO PLAY ON THE GUITAR A RENAISSANCE PIECE. IN “AS YOU LIKE IT” SHAKESPEARE SAID: “ALL THE WORLD `S A STAGE, AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN MERELY PLAYERS: THEY HAVE THEIR EXITS AND THEIR ENTRANCES; AND ONE MAN IN HIS LIFE PLAYS MANY PARTS, HIS ACTS BEING SEVEN AGES.“

7. SO, LET`S ACT. FIRST, TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF SHAKESPEARE`S MOST FAMOUS PLAYS. Romeo & Juliet http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short- stories/romeo-and-juliet Do the matching activities after the video Who am I? – guess the character from the play (the names are on the slips of paper on students` backs After the famous balcony scene, Juliet secretly writes a few pages in her diary. Let`s see what she has written (Milica, Mila, Petra) If you like Leonardo Di Caprio, you will love the modern version of Romeo & Juliet www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjxHdNxvySU

8. Once upon a time there was a girl called Juliet who was very very bored. Every day and every night she sat in her room staring out of the window. Her father was worried about her. He brought her nice food and said things to try to cheer her up ‘…….’ But she was still bored and she just said ‘…….’ One evening the moon was shining exceptionally brightly through her curtains. She went over to the window, opened it and stared out. She said sadly to herself ‘….’ as she looked up at the moon. Suddenly she saw a boy standing in the street. He was really good looking. His name was Romeo. She said to herself ‘…..’ Romeo heard what she said. He looked up and saw her. Their eyes met and it was love at first sight. He walked up to her window and called up to her romantically ……..’ Juliet replied romantically ‘……’. Romeo started to climb up the drainpipe. He said ‘……..’ passionately. Juliet was worried he might fall. She called out ‘……’. Suddenly Juliet’s father came into the room. He shouted angrily ‘……..’ Romeo fell down the drainpipe. He said as he hit the floor ‘…….’ and ran home as fast as he could. Juliet was angry with her father for scaring Romeo away. She shouted at him ‘……’ Juliet’s father was sorry for scaring away Romeo. He said ‘…….’ Juliet went to sleep. She started dreaming about Romeo. She started talking in her sleep ‘……..’ she said. Juliet’s father was worried about her. He said ‘…….’ Meanwhile Romeo was dreaming about Juliet as well. He started talking in his sleep too. ‘…….’ he said. Romeo’s mother was worried about him. She said ‘……’ Suddenly Romeo got up and started sleepwalking. He went out of his bedroom, out of his house and started walking slowly back to Juliet’s house. His mother was following after him. She was very worried. She said ‘……’ to try to wake him. But Romeo just carried on sleeping and walking. Finally he got to Juliet’s house. He woke up and called up to her window ‘…..’ Juliet woke up and answered back ‘…….’ They decided to get married. They invited all their friends to come and celebrate with them. Juliet’s father made a very proud speech at the wedding ‘........’ All the guests said to each other‘…….’ Romeo’s mother announced to all the guests ‘…....’ All the guests cheered ‘……..’ Romeo looked into Juliet’s eyes and said ‘……’ Juliet looked into Romeo’s eyes and said ‘……..’ And all the guests cheered loudly ‘……..’ And they all lived happily ever after. A silly love story Role play conversations between Romeo, Juliet, Mr Capulet and Mrs Montague ( Sample Activity from Memory Activities for Language Learning by Nick Bilbrough (CUP 2011))

9. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING! I HOPE WE NOW KNOW MORE THAN ONE THING ABOUT SHAKESPEARE AND ARE READY TO ENJOY HIS VERSES AND SPREAD HIS WISDOM. And what an after-the-interactive-workshop party this would be if there was no music, cookies and tea?! Enjoy!!! (vuk plays the guitar)