Shakespeare:

Today:

We continued our look at funny....

Journal:  Tell the funniest thing that ever happened to you   1/2-1 pg

We looked at the three puns that Shakespeare typically uses:  Substitution, Homonyms, and double meanings.

We looked at the UK prime minister addressing parliament using a slew of Shakespeare puns:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-recites-stream-of-shakespeare-puns-at-pmqs-after-conservative-mp-hails-greatest-living-a6798906.html

I broke you into groups to create a short skit using an example of all the three puns we covered.

We discussed the music project and I assigned groups:
Here is a video describing what we are about to do: https://vimeo.com/66819163


We started act 2.

Note:  Your Hamlet papers are graded in turnitin.  There were missing papers- It is your responsibility to log in and check that it was submitted and graded.  If you did not pass this in- please do so ASAP.

HW: Please finish act 2 for HW.