Today's class involves follows upon the earlier "research" on the world of William Shakespeare and the task is to create a hypertext document on this topic.
This is to be a short multi-paragraph piece of writing (use Microsoft Word) of approximately 300-400 words.
The document is to be five paragraphs in length and each paragraph must contain at least one hyperlink. Each hyperlink should add information or clarify and idea or extend understanding or make connections to similar ideas or topics
You can use a hyperlink to connect your hypertext to: wikipedia articles, youtube videos, blogs, news articles, dictionary definitions, images, music etc (only one youtube and one wikipedia hyperlink may be included in your hypertext)
In Word, right click when you want to create a hyperlink , click "hyperlink" and enter the text to be displayed in the box at the top and url in the address line at the bottom.
So...the topic is the world of William Shakespeare It has to be five paragraphs long and each paragraph must deal with a different aspect of the topic above. The paragraphs just have to be connected to Shakespeare in some way and do not need to be connected any more than that.
Suitable sub-topics./paragraphs could be:
William Shakespeare,
Romeo and Juliet
Queen Elizabeth
Elizabethan England
the Globe Theatre
sonnet
The Spanish Armada
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England
Christopher Marlowe
Stratford, Ontario (the city)
The Stratford (Ontario) Festival
Richard Burbage
bear-baiting
The Reformation
Anne Hathaway
groundlings
London, England
Kenneth Branagh
Baz Luhrmann
Shakespeare's comedies
The plague,
Shakespeare's histories
Puritans
Francis Bacon
Shakespeare's tragedies
William Shakespeare and Oak Island
, ..........basically anything you can relate to the man himself. Be creative in your topics and in your hyperlinks...be brave and come up with one of your own among the five
Complete,, print/hand in and put digital version in appropriate hand-in folder
An example of a hypertext paragraph is written below:
Two of the most famous giants of Western culture were born in Stratford. One was a actor/ playwright who wrote thirty seven plays and became the most famous writer ever. He was popular in life and even more popular in death. In fact, his work is still studied all over the world hundreds of years later. The other icon was also born in Stratford , but, this time in the Stratford in Ontario, Canada. He too was popular in life and had many fans all over the world. His work was examined and studied and debated passionately. He too remained popular and in the news, even this week . It truly is a remarkable coincidence that these two cultural giants were born in a city with the same name over four hundred years and three thousand miles apart.
now, create your own
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