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acTiViTY 1.4
interact in Meaningful Ways: academic collaboration
Learning Targets
• Ask and answer questions about Shakespeare in collaborative conversations, demonstrating active listening, and drawing upon an expanding pool of language resources for discussing literature.
• Express and support opinions of a personal narrative in conversation.
• Read closely to make inferences and draw conclusions.
Turn to your partner or small group to discuss each question about “Shakespeare’s Life.” After you have discussed a question, write notes about your answer before going on to the next question.
1. What information in the text tells the reader when the Globe playhouse was built?
2. What was important in this source’s information? Write a short summary.
I think the central idea is .
The text evidence indicates that .
3. What caused Shakespeare’s theatre to come to an end, according to this source?
I think the cause was .
4. Cite evidence from information in the Key Dates that tells the reader about the relevance of Shakespeare’s quartos.
Asking Questions
Informational text often provides information that is well researched. With your partner or small group, read aloud one section of “Shakespeare’s Life.” Discuss the information that you learned from this part of the text. Write one question to pose to the whole class based on what you learned.
The text evidence suggests that .
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