Shakespeare and Puck and the Purple Flower

Shakespeare and Puck and the Purple Flower

What do you know about William Shakespeare?

Anything you already know.

Types of Plays

Comedies

Tragedies

Historical Plays

Open Ended

What do you think when you hear the word comedy?

Types of Plays

Comedies

Tragedies

Historical Plays

Multiple Choice

It is possible to invent new words.

• True

• False

It is possible to invent new words, but...

is not as simple as just making it.

New words by Shakespeare

He created hundreds of new words and gave different meanings to old ones. Some of these words are still used: “assassination”, “blanket”, “fashionable”, “gossip”, “noiseless”,“belongings”, “cold-blooded”,“uncomfortable” and “swagger”, among hundreds more.

Open Ended

What kind of story do you think Puck and the Purple Flower and what do you think it's going to happen in it?