Please pick up a syllabus and half sheet from the dresser and clear your desks except for a pen or pencil.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Shakespeare Pop Quiz

1. Why do we still study Shakespeare’s works if he has been dead for almost 400 years?

2. To whom did Shakespeare address his sonnets and what is the mystery shrouding these dedications?

3. Name 1 modern adaptation of 1 of Shakespeare’s plays.

4. Why don’t we know more about William Shakespeare’s personal and professional life?

5. Give me 1 fact about theatres in Shakespeare’s time.

Do NOT discuss this quiz with anyone!

AS A KID, DID YOU EVER CREATE YOUR OWN LANGUAGE/CODE TO KEEP A SECRET?

PIG LATIN, ANYONE?

Do authors invent languages? Yes!

• Arda from Tolkien in Lord of the Rings• Klingon from Star Trek• Parseltongue from Harry Potter

JAB·BER·WOCK·Y

NOUN 1. A PLAYFUL IMITATION OF LANGUAGE CONSISTING OF INVENTED, MEANINGLESS WORDS; NONSENSE; GIBBERISH.

2. AN EXAMPLE OF WRITING OR SPEECH CONSISTING OF OR CONTAINING MEANINGLESS WORDS.

JABBERWOCKYLewis Carroll(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)

Shakespeare’s WordsShakespeare is thought to have made up over 1500 words! Here are some common words and phrases Shakespeare coined that we still use today:

• Advertising • Bandit• Puke• Obscene• Numb• Torture• Varied

•Wild-goose chase• Luggage• Manager• Kissing• Critic• Film• Gossip• Hush

Let’s take a look at the handout .

More examples:

Nouns: eyeball, farmhouse, fortune-teller, glow, hint, luggage, manager, moonbeam, mountaineer, puppy dog, scuffle, shooting star, skim milk, tardiness, urging, watchdog, wild goose chase

Verbs: gossip, hurry, mimic, numb, partner, petition, puke, undress

Adjectives: full-grown, green-eyed, laughable, lonely, madcap, majestic, Olympian, snail-paced, softhearted, unreal, varied, well-behaved, worthless

Adverbs downstairs, importantly, instinctively, threateningly, tightly, vastly

How did he do this?

•Combine existing words:•Eyeball•Brunch• frenemy

•Use an old word in a new way:•Trippingly (trip along)•Friend (turned from noun to verb—to friend someone)

•Adapt a word from another language:•Embrace (French embracer)•Alligator (Spanish el legato)

Now, it’s your turn!•Together with a partner, you will make up words, just like Shakespeare.

•Make up at least one noun, one verb, one adjective, and one adverb.

• For each word, write down:•Word•Definition•Use in a sentence that reveals the meaning•How you came up with it

•Repeat (if time permits)

• Invent situations (scenarios) where your new words are used.

Expectations:

•Work with your desk partner•Stay on task—conversation about this activity only•Work until the bell or until I end the activity

Your Task:• Together with your desk partner, you will make up words, just like Shakespeare.

• Make up at least one noun, one verb, one adjective, and one adverb.

• For each word, write down:• Word• Definition• Use in a sentence that reveals the

meaning• How you came up with it

• Repeat (if time permits)

• Invent situations (scenarios) where your new words are used.

Expectations:•Work only with your partner

• Stay on task—conversation about this activity only

•Work until the bell or until I end the activity