First and fourth periods looked at how and why Shakespeare used questionable humor in his plays. We looked at the first 30 lines to determine how Shakespeare uses puns to create an opening that appealed to the groundlings in the Globe Theater.

Second and seventh periods continued their examination of Mrs. Van Daan, seeing a whole new side to her character. We did some character description and whittled the adjectives down to three, finding supporting evidence for each afterward.

Second period

Seventh period

We’ll be using today’s planning to try our hand again at writing a Schaffer paragraph about the play.

Homework

• English I Honors: 
  • finish reading 1.1;
  • begin working on scene-specific questions from study guide;
  • sonnet due date has been moved to Monday.