1. Who Was William Shakespeare? By: Celeste Davidson Mannis illustrated by: John O’Brien By: Cassandra

2. Backround  Will was born in 1565 Stratford, England  had job as writer of poems, plays, and sonnets  married Anne Hathaway  wrote famous plays like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, The Tempts, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona  Died in 1616

3. William is famous because…  he performed for the Queen of England  wrote plays  wrote sonnets  wrote plays  made up the words Love Letter, Fashionable, Puppy Dog, and Useful

4. Who Knew?  was friends with Queen Elizabeth  was funny  a lot of people in his family  don’t know Will’s birthday but celebrated April 23  dad was glove maker  lived 450 years ago  Stayed with a group called “Lord Chamberlain’s Men”  people got beheaded at his time