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This collection encourages students to reflect on their relationships with parents and siblings while drawing connections to Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew." Engaging prompts invite them to consider how parental actions shape their lives, explore humorous wordplay, and analyze characters' motivations and personalities. Discussions on schemes between genders and unexpected themes like bilocation and magic flowers add depth to the learning experience. Prepare for quizzes, enhance vocabulary, and discover life lessons inspired by timeless literature.
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English 10 - 5/16/11 • Do parents sometimes know what is better for their children? Have you benefitted by being made to do something by your parents? • Why are a door knob and a cute baby alike? • Frail – 50 pounds of raisins Goals – Characters names and personalities Work on getting the jokes from Taming of the Shrew. Handling the language. Homework – none.
English 10 - 5/17/11 • Have you ever felt that one of your parents favored one of your siblings over you? Do you think that other people’s parents do that? • What did the snail say while he was riding on the turtle’s back? • Amaranth – a magic flower that never fades or withers. Goals – Characters names and personalities Work on getting the jokes from Taming of the Shrew. Handling the language. Homework – none.
English 10 - 5/18/11 • Do you notice any scheming between boys and girls at school? • What is a bud that doesn’t bloom? • Bilocation – the ability to be in two different locations at the same time. Goals – Prepare for quiz on characters names and personalities. Keeping track of plot twists. Homework – Study for Character quiz tomorrow.
English 10 - 5/19/11 • Why does Petruchio get away with the way he is? Do people act in similar ways today? • What did the pancake say to the baseball player? • Dat – a cross between a dog and a cat with the worst characteristics of each. Goals – Quiz about characters names and personalities. What is true in Taming of the Shrew that relates to your life? Homework – Don’t forget to study for Vocabulary #35.
English 10 - 5/20/11 • Five minutes to study for vocabulary Quiz # 35. • How do you keep cool at a ball game? • Rectalgia – literally, a pain in the rectum. Goals – Complete vocabulary #35 quiz. What lessons can we take from Taming of the Shrew? Homework – none.