2. What’s Up With That…? Petruchio: “Verona, for a while I take my leave, to see my friends in Padua, but of all my best beloved friend, Hortensio. And I trow this is his house. Here, sirrah Grumio. Knock, I say.” Grumio: “Knock, sir? Whom should I knock? Is there any man has rebused your worship?” How do we attempt to read something like this?

3. Did they really speak this way?  The true answer is probably not.  So why did he write this way?  Poetic/Dramatic reasons  These lines were meant for the stage! Rhyme and Rhythm patterns to be spoken. After practice it does get easier.

4. How many ways to eat a sandwich?  The answer is 6 I ate the sandwich. I the sandwich ate. Ate the sandwich I. Ate I the sandwich. The sandwich I ate. The sandwich ate I. This simple sentence shows how we can approach visually understanding Shakespeare’s words.

5. So…Unrecognizable Words Will Be Jumbled? Great, I can see how fun the rest of this year’s going to be. Step 1:  Slow down. We will have to use footnotes and possibly look up some words to get the full meaning. Step 2: Don’t Quit/Don’t Fall Asleep. This is a comedy. You will laugh and enjoy if you put in a little work.

6. Needed Vocab  anon—right now, OR “I come right away”  dost or doth—does or do……“Dost thou know the time?”  ere—before……“We must leave ere daybreak.”  fain—gladly……“I fain would bake Mr. Love cookies if I could get an A.”  hence—away…..“Get thee hence, beggar!” OR “We must hence before the army arrives.”

7. Cont.  hither—here…..“Come hither, young lad.”  thither—there……“Look to the east—thither doth the sun arise.”  pray/prithee—a polite way of asking something……“I prithee answer the question.”  sirrah—a term of address used for inferiors……“Sirrah, bring the letter over here.”  whence—from where…….. “Whence came that news?” OR “Return to whence you came.”

8. Are You In? Will You Give It Your Honest Effort?  To those that said YES! Thank you. You will enjoy this. Hang in there while I work on the rest of the crowd.

9. If You’re Not In, Listen…  To those of you that said NO!  How about instead of Shakespeare. I tell you a funny story about a drunk that passed out on the street, and some rich man plays a joke on him. Would that interest you?

10. Still No??? You’re a tough crowd. What if that drunk is tricked into being royalty when he woke up? Then we could dress up another man in woman’s clothing and make the drunk think it’s his wife. Hey…I’m just trying to please those unwilling to read Shakespeare.

11. How About A More Comedy!  What if I add in a wealthy man and his employee.  The employee always pretends to misunderstand his boss, which leads to ridiculous arguments.  If we scrapped Shakespeare could we talk about all those stories for a few weeks? At least we’d have fun telling funny stories. ARE YOU IN?

12. Perfect  Luckily, William Shakespeare wrote “Taming of the Shrew” which involves all of those stories, and more!

13. Great! http://www- tc.pbs.org/shakespeare/educators/handouts/prf- lp_shakesconversations2.pdf http://www- tc.pbs.org/shakespeare/educators/handouts/prf- lp_shakesconversations3.pdf