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This guide is an introduction to Shakespeare for 6th grade students.

Playing Around with the Bard

Kid's Shakespearean Insults

http://www.folger.edu/documents/KidInsults.pdf

Kid's Shakespearean Compliments

http://www.folger.edu/documents/KidCompliments.pdf

Can you unscramble these Shakespearean words?

  • GROELF
  • TRUCMEOI
  • OREMO
  • MARKDEN
  • HAKPEARSESE
  • SUBRUT
  • LIVMOALO
  • ENICVE
  • ONAVER
  • NICEBYELM

See below for answers.

 

Word Scramble Answers

Answers

  • FOLGER
  • MERCUTIO
  • ROMEO
  • DENMARK
  • SHAKESPEARE
  • BRUTUS
  • MALVOLIO
  • VENICE
  • VERONA
  • CYMBELIN

William Shakespeare

 

 

This copper engraving picture of William Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout was published on the title page of the First Folio in 1623.

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