Shakespeare: 400 Years and Still on Stage

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Aims

A glove-maker's son from a small town wrote plays that never left the stage. Why they survive, and what we still do not know, for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 181-word news story: A working playwright from a small town, still running four centuries later

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The empty theatre

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Why it survives

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The missing man

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

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