To be, or not to be, that is the question:

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,

No more; and by a sleep to say we end

The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks

That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;

To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub:

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,

Must give us pause—there's the respect

That makes calamity of so long life.

Shakespeare:

Today:

I gave you 14 lines to memorize by next Friday.

Journal:  Please convert the 14 lines to modern English.

We watched a few of the famous versions.  We also watched a few humorous ones.

In small groups of 2-3, I tasked you with converting the lines into one of the following:  Cowboy, Mobb boss, Superman, firefighter, or your fav. fictional character.

Lines are due next Friday.  This is a test grade- so make sure that you don't wait till the last minute.

Brit Lit:

We listed to the Johnny Cash song: Ballad of a Teenage Queen.

Journal:  Listen to the cash ballad.  From HER point of view, please describe the events in the ballad.  Please also consider 5 years after......                                 1 page

With the aid of my raven puppet, we read the Twa Corbies, and Get Up and Bar the Door.

We looked at modern examples of folk versions of the ballad Barbara Allen.

Do ballads still work today?

Shakespeare:

We finished Shakespeare in Love

I introduced the review game kahoots!  We played one round answering 20 questions based on the movie.  Rowan ran laps around all of you and won.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We looked at the ballad that you found.

Journal:  Please describe THE STORY of your ballad.  Please answer the 5 w's.  1/2 page

Get ON the MiC:  I set up a pic and amp and encouraged you to share the ballad that you wrote about another student in class.  Anyone that was brave enough to share can drop their lowest quiz grade.

We read the ballads:  Sir Patrick Spens and Barbara Allen.

Shakespeare:

Today:

We watched the movie Shakespeare in Love to illustrate many of the tings that we learned about the Globe and Elizabethan times.

Brit Lit:

Today:
Journal: Describe yourself in great detail from another point of view.   1/2 page

We defined Ballad and folk ballad

We generated 10 questions and used these to interview another person.

We took this information and wrote a story (ballad) about them in 25-30 lines.

HW:  Please bring in lyrics that fit the def. of a ballad.  You can print these or write them out.