1. Unlocking Shakespeare: Language
Do or do not. There is no try.
…and giving up isn’t an option in this classroom. It should NEVER be an option. Especially if you: don’t know, don’t understand, don’t know why it’s important. Not understanding isn’t an excuse for not doing. If you’re not happy with: your grades, your relationships, your life: THEN CHANGE.
Unlocking Shakespeare: Language

2. Today’s How does Yoda create sentences?
Focus Questions:
Goals:
How does Yoda create sentences?
What is the difference between Yodish and English?
What are the different types of sentences?
How can I write like Yoda?
Look at Yoda and Yodish and try to understand how Yoda constructs sentences
Speak like Yoda and write a skit

3. Errmmm… Help from friends I will need.
In order to help you understand Shakespeare’s language, I will need help from my little green friend…
Movie link: (4 minutes)
While watching, listen to YODA (the green guy) and begin thinking about how he constructs sentences.
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4. Modern English Yodish ________________________ _______________________
Away put your weapon.
Found someone you have.
Help you I can.
Wars not make one great.
I will help you not.
My home this is.
Stay and help you I will.
Take you to him I will.

5. Grammar Reminder
What are English’s types of sentences and what do they do?
(Hint, there are 4! You should know this...we’ve gone over it this year! Forgot? Review your warm-ups! GRAMMAR DOESN’T EVER GO AWAY, EVER. Even as a teacher, I still have to work on my grammar)
Imperative
Declarative
Exclamatory
Interrogative

6. Imperative Sentences (Commands)
Standard English
Yodish
actions comes first
Put
Followed by the direction
Away
Then comes the thing receiving the action
Your weapon
Direction comes first
Away
Followed by the action
Put
Then comes the thing receiving the action
Your weapon

7. Imperative Sentence summary
Standard English starts with the action, followed by the direction and the thing receiving the action.
Yoda starts with the direction, then the action, then the thing receiving the action.

8. Declarative Sentences (statement)
Standard English
Yodish
The thing doing the action I
Then the action
Can Help
Then the thing receiving the action
you
Split action (can help)
help
The thing receiving the action
you
The thing doing the action + split action
I can

9. Declarative Sentences (statement)
Standard English
Yodish
The thing doing the action
This
Then the action is
Then the thing receiving the action
My home
The thing receiving the action
My home
The thing doing the action
This
action is

10. Declarative Sentence summary
Standard English starts with the thing doing the action followed by the action, and lastly ends with the thing receiving the action.
Yoda never starts his declarative sentences with the thing doing the action.

11. Negative Sentences The thing doing the action
Standard English
Yodish
The thing doing the action I
The action split by negative
will NOT help
The thing receiving the action
you
The thing doing the action I
The action
Will help
The thing receiving the action
you
The negative
not

12. Negative Sentences The thing doing the action
Standard English
Yodish
The thing doing the action
Wars
The action split by negative
do NOT make
The thing receiving the action
one great
The thing doing the action
Wars
The negative action
Not make
The thing receiving the action
One great

13. Negative Sentence summary
Standard English places the negative in the middle of the verb phrase.
Yoda places negatives wherever, and sometimes removes part of the verb prhase (will not have-> Not have).

14. Summary:
Yoda’s English is not consistent, which makes it a little difficult to understand and replicate.
However, he does have some basic rules which we have outlined.
The most important being that he rarely starts his sentences with the thing that is doing the action.

15. Let’s Practice!: Done a great job you have!
The force is strong with you.
Expand your knowledge, you shall!
Turn the following sentences into Yoda:
I like cheese.
I went to the store yesterday.
It is raining outside.
Go to your room!
Bonus!: My dog is really smart and he likes to learn new tricks.

16. Expand
Create a skit where a Security Guard, only speaks in Yodish, orders a teen, who speaks Standard English, to leave the mall and go home.
The security guard can use imperative, declarative, and negative statements (use Yoda on the front to help) BUT he/she cannot write interrogative sentences (do not ASK questions).
The teen can use any Standard English as long as school appropriate.
HINT: Write everything in Standard English first, then put into Yodish. It will make your life easier.
HINT: Yes, I will appreciate your humor and jokes with talking like Yoda, BUT make sure you are following Yoda’s grammatical structure and rules to receive credit. Don’t just make a silly skit that kinda sounds like Yoda. Really look at HOW he talks and copy that.

17. Quick Example of a Mom and Daughter convo.
Be ready to Share!
Mom (Yoda): Up clean your room!
Daughter (Standard English): But I want to go to the mall!
Mom: Clean your room you must first.
Daughter: Uh! Why do you have to be such a drag.
Mom: Speak you not that way to me.
Daughter: Fine, but if I clean my room, can I then go to the mall?
Mom: Go to the mall you can, after your room you clean.
Daughter: Yay, thank you!