Before you write your final task and to help you understand Shakespeare's biography and his time do the following 3 tasks, you have to include your answers to them in your report:

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Activity 1-create the family tree of William Shakespeare, write the relationship and the name of the person. You can start from this:

Activity 2- draw the timeline of Shakespeare's life, it begins when he was born and ends when he died. Insert all the important events and dates in it.

Activity 3- find the information to answer the following questions

About Shakespeare

1. How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write?

2. Was Shakespeare an actor?

3. Why is Shakespeare called "The Bard"?

4. Where is Shakespeare buried?

About his time

1. Who were the monarchs of Britain during the life of Shakespeare?

2. Which important event took place in 1588?

3. What caused "the plague"?

4. Can you name some typical sports in that time?

Final Activity: you have to write a biography of Shakespeare including some details about the Elizabethan age.