This ReadWriteThinkreviewed Web site provided by Pete Levin contains a simple tool for composing authentic Shakespearean insults using phrases and vocabulary drawn from the Bard's plays Students will enjoy composing and deciphering these phrases in Elizabethan English
This Resource has not been aligned to any learning standards.
bard's
Grade
insults
History/Nature of English Language
composing
History/Nature
insult
understand, as well, the implications of language designed to control others and the detrimental ef
consequences
implications
4.2.3
CE 4.2.2 - Understand the implications and potential consequences of language use (e.g., appropriate
authentic
enjoy
language.
sexist, racist, homophobic language).
appropriate
General
Kindergarten
CE 4.2.4 - Understand the appropriate uses and implications of casual or informal versus professiona
contains
humor
appreciate
CE 4.2.3 - Recognize and appreciate language variety, understand that all dialects are rule-governed
abuse
elizabethan
Language
Reading
Speech
4.2.2
drawn
homophobic
deciphering
Literature General
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#Language
#Reading
#Speech
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