1. Bellwork
Based on the election results from yesterday, write the introduction to a short story that imagines life in November of Be sure to include dialogue.

2. Insult Skits
Share with a reading buddy.
Turn in

3. What strategies can I use to “decode” Shakespeare?
Cracking the Code
What strategies can I use to “decode” Shakespeare?

4. Please help me translate these sentences.
Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle.
We need to skedaddle before your mom gets here.
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
I got my mouth lookin’ somethin’ like a disco ball.
I got da diamonds and da ice all hand set; I might cause a cold front if I take a deep breath.
Call me George Foreman cuz I'm sellin’ everybody grillz.
I am coppin' it, washin' it, 'bout to go and get some compliments.
I am stuntin' and flossin.‘
John Wayne ain't got nothing on my fringe game.
I pull up with that choppa and a telescope.

5. How did you do that? alternate spellings (cuz)
shortened words (lookin’)
synonyms/slang terms (skedaddle, choppa)
allusions (George Foreman, John Wayne)
words out of order (consume you it will)
figurative language
Metaphor (ice; cause a cold front)
Simile (like a disco ball)

6. Understanding Shakespeare’s Language
Watch for footnotes as you read.
Footnotes define archaic words or familiar words with unfamiliar meanings.
Footnotes also explain idioms of the time and historical background.
Let the punctuation guide your reading.
Do not pause or stop at the end of a line unless you see punctuation there.
Do pause or stop for punctuation that occurs in the middle of a line.

7. Understanding Shakespeare’s Language
Archaic words are words that are no longer commonly used in modern English. Here are a few examples:
Hence, whence, and thence mean from here, from where, and from there.
An ague is a fever, and a smatch is a small amount.
Some familiar words in Shakespeare’s plays have different meanings than the ones we use today.
A closet is a small, private room, and to repair is to go; thus, a character might repair to his closet in a Shakespeare play.

8. Understanding Shakespeare’s Language
mostly writes in blank verse which uses iambic pentameter so there can only be 10 syllables per line. This forces
apostrophes to replace letters (Ne’er = never)
added letters to familiar words (Bepaint = paint)
missing letters/shortened words (scape = escape)
accenting last syllable (frothed = froth-ED)

9. Let’s Try It Let’s paraphrase prologue together.
What does it tell us about the play?
What do we not know?
With partner, paraphrase key lines.
Write out first draft in pencil on separate paper.
Once I check it, write it BIG in the blank space.
Mount in construction paper.
Hang it up in order.

10. Essential Info
Juliet Capulet
Romeo Montague
Friar = priest

11. Ticket to Leave
What is the best strategy for decoding Shakespeare?