Starter

Complete the Shakespeare word search.

5 Minutes

Thursday 13th February 2014

LO: To explore Shakespeare’s language and develop our knowledge of Elizabethan vocabulary.

Did you notice how I greeted some of you and do you know what I meant by it?

Assessment Focus 3

Talking within role-play and drama – Create and sustain different roles and scenarios, adapting techniques in a range of dramatic activities to

explore texts, ideas and issues.

Level 5 I show insight (appreciation or a slightly deeper understanding) into texts and issues through deliberate choices of speech, gesture, and movement, adapting roles convincingly to explore ideas and issues.

Level 6 I demonstrate (show) empathy and understanding through flexible choices of speech, gesture, and movement, adapting (adjusting/changing) roles convincingly to explore ideas and issues.

Level 7 I explore complex ideas and issues through insightful choice of speech, gesture, and movement, establishing (creating) roles and applying dramatic approaches with confidence.

Think of different ways you could deliver the insult below:

Think about tone of voice, facial expression, gestures.

Now let’s have a volunteer to deliver the insult in different ways.

Each of you will be given a piece of paper with an insult created by Shakespeare.

Even if you don’t know what the words mean, you should practise saying them a few times.

Now - let your neighbour insult you. Next insult them.

Try to experiment with practising different ways to deliver the insult.

Which insult was the most memorably insulting?

Whose performance was the most memorable?

You will be provided with an Elizabethan Insult Dictionary. In your groups, try to work out what each of the insults mean.

Write down each of the insults from your group and explain how the language used by Shakespeare makes it so insulting.

Use the example I have given you on the table to help you.

Insult What this makes me think/feel

You scullian! You ramparian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe!

Shakespeare has used a list of three insults which emphasises how angry the speaker is. All of the terms used show that this is a person of no morals and of low birth, since ‘fustilarian’ is the lowest of all servants. The last line seems to be phrased like a threat . The word catastrophe means disaster and perhaps the speaker is going to bring a disastrous fate upon the person.

Decide in your groups which is the most effective insult.

Have one of your group come to the front to deliver the insult. You must be prepared to explain to the class what it means in today’s English.

Which phrase was the most insulting?

LO: To explore Shakespeare’s language and develop our knowledge of Elizabethan vocabulary.

Plenary

WWW...which level have you met and why?

EBI: which level could you have developed further and why?

Be honest!

Now create your own Elizabethan insults. You will need at least two adjectives, and a

noun. Use the following as model;Thou art a (adjective 1), (adjective 2),

(noun).Extension: Experiment with different sentence structures by looking at some of the ways the Shakespearean sentences were created.

E.g. (Thine face is as a..........) could be one variation. What others can you think of?