2. Oft pupils, thou hast ask'd: "Why dost thou writeth so?”
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Oft pupils, thou hast ask'd: "Why dost thou writeth so?”
Thou hast said: "Thy words maketh me mad!"
Translation: Often students have asked me why I write the way I do. They have said that the way I write is so confusing that it makes them crazy!

3. An Example From The Bard!
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As we go through this, use the "Translation, Please!" handout to fill in the meaning and example of some of Shakespeare's commonly used words. Fill in your own example as well to show you know how to use the word.
Shakespeare Says…
We Say…
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Thou
You (Subject)
Thou shalt be king!
Thee
You (Object)
I give this to thee
Thy
Your
I see thy glory
Art
Are
Thou art changed.

4. An Example From The Bard!
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Fill in the meaning and example of some of these commonly used words. Fill in your own example as well to show you know how to use the word.
Shakespeare Says…
We Say…
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Hast
Have
A friend thou hast in Ephesus.
Hath
Has
His majesty hath appointed this.
Wilt
Will
Wilt thou be gone?
Dost Do
What dost thou know?

5. An Example From The Bard!
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Fill in the meaning and example of some of these commonly used words. Fill in your own example as well to show you know how to use the word.
Shakespeare Says…
We Say…
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Shall/Shalt
Will
Thou shalt be king!
Whence
Where
Whence is that knocking?
Hence
From Here
Help me hence!
Whither
Whither has thy vanished?

6. Shakespeare also often uses apostrophes to replace letters!
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Shakespeare also often uses apostrophes to replace letters!
Shakespeare Says…
We Say…
O’er
Over
‘T / T’is
It / It Is
Flow’rs
Flowers
Kill’d
Killed

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You will now complete an activity sheet which will allow you to change sentences from modern English, to Shakespearean (or Elizabethan) English based on the new words you just learned!

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You will now
imagine that you are Shakespeare. Use the new terms you learned, as well as The Bard's Dictionary (handout), to write a paragraph about the topic of your choice.