How Do I Love Thee, April? Let Me Count the Ways!

Hey Lit Lovers!

Just a reminder that April is Poetry Month and National Shakespeare Day is on April 23rd - the anniversary of both William Shakespeare's birth and death! 

Celebrate verse and the Bard with this glorious Poetry Jumbo Bundle and Sonnet Writing Bundle for super fun and engaging reading/writing activities. (Students will love the Shakespeare Sonnet Insult Activity)!

You can also share these fascinating facts on Shakespeare: 

1) Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, who was three months pregnant at the time.

2) Shakespeare’s parents were probably illiterate, and his children almost certainly were.

3) Shakespeare’s epitaph wards off would-be grave robbers with a curse.

4) Some people think Shakespeare was a fraud as there is a conspiracy that he didn't write his plays. 

5) Shakespeare had seven siblings. 

6) Shakespeare wore a gold hoop earring.

7) Shakespeare was a Catholic. 

8) Females were not allowed to perform on stage during Shakespeare's time. 

9) Shakespeare introduced 3,000 words to the English language. 

10) Shakespeare was an actor as well a writer. In fact, he played the Ghost in ‘Hamlet.'

With Literacy Love,

Kimberly