Shakespeare's+Early+Years

= __Shakespeare's Early Years__=
 * //by: Dalton Biery and Sarah Wieder//**

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 * //__Study Guide:__//**

1. What year was William Shakespeare born?

2. Where was he born?

3. What were the names of his parents?

4. Did William have any siblings? If so, how many and what were their names?

5. True/False: Neither of William's parents could read or write.

6. What did his parents use for their signatures?

7. What was the family motto? What did it mean?

8. What was the first school William attended?

9. What language did he learn there?

10. How was it taught / how did he learn it?

1. Shakespeare was said to be born on **//__April 23, 1564__//**, but there is a man with a name close to Shakespeare's, who was born on the 26th, which might mean that Shakespeare was actually born on the 26th of April. 2. He was born in **//__Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.__//** 3. __//**Mary and John Shakespeare**//__ were the names of William Shakespeare's parents. 4. William had __//**seven**//__ siblings. He had two older sisters, whose names were **//__Joan and Margaret__//**. They both died as infants. He also had a younger brother and sister. His brother's name was **//__Gilbert,__//** and his next sister was named after his first sister //__**Joan**__//, who died. There was also **//__Ann, Edmund, and Richard__//**. There were eight children in all. 5. Neither of William's parents could read or write. 6. John used a pair of **//__glovers' compasses__//** forhis signature, and Mary used a **//__running horse__//** for her's. 7. Their family motto was **//__"Non sanz droict"__//** meaning **//__"not without right."__//** 8. Shakespeare's first school was **//__Stratford Grammar School.__//** 9. He learned **__Latin__** at Stratford Grammar School. 10. He was taught Latin in both **//__oral__//** and **//__written form.__//**
 * //__Birth Information and Study Guide Answers__//**

//**__Recap__**//

William Shakespeare was born in Avon - Upon - Stratford, Warwickshire. This small town is located about 100 miles northwest of London, England. He had a total of eight siblings, but his two older sisters, Joan and Margaret, died before he was born. He eventually had brothers Gilbert, Edmund, and Richard and sisters Joan and Ann. They were Anglican, which ment they belonged to the Church of England. William Shakespeare began grammer school at about age seven or eight. He was one of the first, or the first in his immediate family to be able to both read and write. Both of his parents were illiterate. As a young boy in grammer school, William studied classical writers. He got many of the ideas for the plots of his plays from Ovid's tales and even Roman history. William's family was well off financially for that time. At age 13, William dropped out of grammer school to help his father with the family business. To bring in more cash, William also had side jobs, such as working in a butcher shop. William never went back to school and did not even go to a University, or college. He wrote throughout the rest of his teenage years, though it was not professionally.


 * This is William Shakespeare's Childhood home (Below)**

**(Pictured on Left and below right)** **This is Stratford Grammar School, the school in which William Shakespeare** **attended as a young boy. He studied classical writers here and even learned to speak and write in Latin.**



Works Cited: __http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/#birth____ http:// [|www.lu.hio.no/ENGELSK/E20/project01/shakespeare3/page6.html] http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/ShakespeareBiog.html http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/STL/life/family.html