(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
He died in 1616.
The opening scene includes a street fight!
It was rebuilt later near the same spot.
His plays were first collected in a book called the First Folio.
Queen Elizabeth I loved his plays.
One theme is how hatred destroys love.
Plays at the Globe had no microphones or lights!
He lived over 400 years ago!
“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” means “Why are you Romeo?”
He wrote for both commoners and royalty.
Romeo and Juliet is one of his most famous plays.
He was the third of eight children.
Women weren’t allowed to act on stage in his time.
“My only love sprung from my only hate!” shows Juliet’s shock.
The story takes place in Verona, Italy.
The Globe Theatre burned down in 1613.
He had twins named Hamnet and Judith.
The company he worked for was called The King’s Men.
It’s about two young lovers from feuding families.
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose…” is about identity.
He also wrote 154 sonnets.
His tombstone has a curse warning people not to move his bones!
“Two households, both alike in dignity…” begins the play.
Shakespeare moved to London to become a playwright.
He helped build the Globe Theatre.
The Globe Theatre was round and open to the sky.
The “Prologue” tells us what will happen in the play.
Shakespeare is buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford.
He often used iambic pentameter, a rhythmic pattern.
People called the cheapest audience members “groundlings.”
He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
His mother’s name was Mary Arden.
His father was a glove-maker named John Shakespeare.
His oldest daughter was named Susanna.
Shakespeare invented over 1,700 English words!
Anne Hathaway was 8 years older than him.
“A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” comes next.
Shakespeare was born in 1564.
Words like “lonely” and “eyeball” come from him.
He married Anne Hathaway.
They had three children.
The play explores love, fate, and family conflict.
Later, King James I became his patron.
Hamnet died when he was only 11.
Boys played the parts of women!
He wrote comedies, tragedies, and histories.
“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow.”
He wrote about 37 plays.
Another theme is how young people challenge tradition.
