Questions from Yesterday

1. Questions from Yesterday • The Authorship Controversy • Was he real? Did he write all of his plays? • Check out the Wikispace and find out • Was Shakespeare married? • Yes, to Anne Hathaway. They had 3 children together. • How many plays did he write? • 37 plays and 154 sonnets

2. Let’s do some writing… • In your journal, respond to the following prompt. Think carefully about what you want to say before you write it. • Have you ever been in a situation where communication was a challenge? Did you overcome it? Describe what happened.

3. My Language is Different from Your Language…Or is it? An Introduction to the Language of Shakespeare (part 1)

4. Radio Activity • We will be reading a poem by Laurel Blossom called Radio. • Now that we have read the poem, get with your shoulder partner to explore the poem a bit more. • Choose a Person A and a Person B • Person A- You will be playing the part of…you. • Person B- You will be playing the part of… Sir Phillip Sidney. You know who he is …right?

5. Radio Activity • Sir Phillip Sidney (1554 – 1586) • Born on November 30, 1554, at Penshurst, Kent. He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and nephew of  Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.  He was named after his godfather,  King Philip II of Spain.  • Educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1572, he travelled to France as part of the embassy to negotiate a marriage between Elizabeth I and the DucD'Alençon. He spent the next several years in mainland Europe, moving through Germany, Italy, Poland, the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria. On these travels, he met a number of prominent European intellectuals and politicians. Sidney occupied himself with politics and art.  Sidney was knighted in 1583. He wrote sonnets, poems and was dubbed the Poet Laureate. He’s was a pretty big deal in the 16th century.

6. Radio Activity • Person A, read the poem to Person B. • Remember that Person B is Sir Phillip Sidney and he might have a few problems understanding the language. Try to help him understand the poem by using language that he would use. • Person B, stop Person A when you need them to explain something in the poem. • Let’s talk about it…

7. Shakespeare’s Use of Language… • Sonnet 18 • Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest:    So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,    So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. 

8. Shakespeare’s Use of Language… • In your journal, take a few minutes to write down what you think this is about. • Now, get into groups of 3 or 4 • Read to each other what you wrote. • Compare your responses and discuss Shakespeare's use of language. • As a group, come to an agreement of what you think Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 is about and be prepared to present your response.

9. Let’s Wrap It Up… • Ticket Out the Door • On your group response, write the names of your group members at the top and turn it in. • Homework • Study your guided notes from yesterday