Friday,+January+27

Check Out Your Book!
Click the link to check out your book. Remember, you can purchase your book from me for $2, allowing you to annotate and highlight. If you do not purchase the book, you will need to get some post-it notes and have them with you at all times.

Highlight Reel
Here was your assignment last time: Read and do at least 1 journal entry. Instead of the standard text evidence and commentary, structure today's response as a 4 sentence entry consisting of a point sentence and 1 chunk. For this entry, analyze the author's style. Focus on DIDLS. This will be a LOT 3 entry.

When you finish your entry, click the link to publish your entry as a comment on my blog post. Let's look at a few!

‍ Find these words in the text and annotate their meanings.

 * Aptly
 * Diligence
 * Homage
 * Loathsome
 * Procure
 * Repose
 * Reverence
 * Usurp

‍‍‍Think
Complete the Anticipation Guide before reading __Taming of the Shrew__. Discuss your answers as a class.

‍‍‍Read
Read Scene I of the Induction and annotate as you read.

‍Respond and Discuss
Answer the questions on the handout provided with your small group. Discuss these as a class.

‍By the way...
Shakespeare is tough! Don't be embarrassed if you have a hard time understanding it. Just DON'T GIVE UP! It's ok if you don't understand EVERY word; part of the beauty of Shakespeare is that you can read it thirty times and still notice something new. As you read more, the language will come more naturally. With your annotations, stop frequently to sum up what you've read. This will help you soooooo much!

Also, check out this website for help. It has plot summaries, character descriptions, explanations of theme and various literary elements, and SO MUCH MORE! And look at this Shakespearean Dictionary for help with all of those Middle English words. Elizabethan language can be hard to understand for modern readers, but remember, Shakespeare wrote to the masses. He entertained monarchs and peasents alike. This is how people spoke!