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DO NOT post web page urls.Mr Moshénoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135050797435419268.post-45491173534029782512007-08-14T13:22:00.000-04:002007-08-14T13:23:51.166-04:00Initial Post Here.<br /><br /><br />More to come.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9135050797435419268-4549117353402978251?l=thetamingoftheshrewdiscussion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr Moshénoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135050797435419268.post-75729957539600175932007-05-09T15:22:00.000-04:002007-05-09T15:23:27.578-04:00Each day, you need to be doing only a couple of things.<br /><br />You should be:<br /><ol><li>doing your literature circle jobs.</li><li>keeping your reader''s journals.</li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9135050797435419268-7572995753960017593?l=thetamingoftheshrewdiscussion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr Moshénoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135050797435419268.post-51074602564643267932007-05-02T08:29:00.000-04:002007-05-02T14:12:15.098-04:00Introduction ----<br /><br />Ever find yourself tempted to say !@?#!* and damn too often?<br /><br />The Shakespearean equivalents are much more fun and don't make parents with children glare at you in restaurants. You could say fie, or you could swear by God's teeth or wounds.<br /><br />Instructions ----<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Combineth one word or phrase from each of the columns below, and addeth "thou" to the beginning</span>.<br /><br />Make certain you knowest the meaning of thy strong words. When you are not certain of the meaning of the words you've chosen, look them up at <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/">Dictionary.com</a> or <a href="http://www.m-w.com/">Mirriam-Webster.com</a>. You should post definitions for terms you find on the list.<br /><br />If all goes well enough, thou shalt have the perfect insult to fling at the wretched fools you sit with.<br /><br />Let thyself go. Use the terms from the list below: two adjectives and a noun <span style="font-style: italic;">minimum</span> per curse please.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mix and match to find that perfect barb from the Bard!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Memorize your choice.</span><br /><br />You may post ideas for insults here for the fun, and practice, of it.<br />In the Taming of the Shrew (4.1.144) Shakespeare wrote: "You whoreson beetle-headed, flapear'd knave!" <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Can you do better?</span><br /><br />Here's what you have to do:<br /><ol><li>Combineth words or phrases from each of the columns below.</li><li>Add "Thou" to the beginning.</li><li>Memorize your final insult.</li><li>Create some kind of pictorial representation for your insult: a drawing, sketch, collage, etc.<br /></li><li>Bring your insult, drawing, and self to class to share them rudely.<br /></li></ol><div style="text-align: center;">Column A ----------------- Column B ----------------- Column C<br />artless ----------------- beef-witted ----------------- baggage<br />bat-fowling -------------- beetle-headed ----------------- barnacle <br />bawdy ----------------- bum-bailey ----------------- bladder<br />brazen ----------------- bunch-backed ----------------- boar-pig<br />beslubbering ----------------- clapper-clawed ----------------- bugbear<br />bootless ----------------- clay-brained ----------------- clack-dish<br />boil-brained ----------------- common-kissing ----------------- coxcomb<br />churlish ----------------- crook-pated ----------------- codpiece<br /> cockered ----------------- dismal-dreaming ----------------- canker-blossom<br />craven ----------------- dog-hearted ----------------- crutch<br />currish ----------------- dread-bolted -----------------clotpole<br />distempered ----------------- earth-vexing -----------------cutpurse<br />dankish ----------------- elf-skinned -----------------dogfish<br />dissembling ----------------- empty-hearted -----------------dewberry<br />droning ----------------- evil-eyed -----------------egg-shell<br />errant ----------------- eye-offending -----------------flap-dragon<br />fitful ----------------- fat-kidneyed -----------------flax-wench<br />fawning ----------------- fen- sucked -----------------flirt-gill<br />fobbing ----------------- flap-mouthed -----------------foot-licker<br />froward ----------------- fly-bitten -----------------gull-catcher<br />frothy ----------------- folly-fallen -----------------giglet<br />gleeking ----------------- full-gorged -----------------gudgeon<br />goatish ----------------- guts-griping -----------------haggard<br />gorbellied ----------------- half-faced -----------------harpy<br />greasy ----------------- hasty-witted -----------------horn-beast<br />grizzled ----------------- heavy-headed -----------------hugger-mugger<br />haughty ----------------- hedge-born -----------------hedge-pig<br />hideous ----------------- hell-hated -----------------hempseed<br />impertinent ----------------- horn-mad -----------------jake-a-nape<br />infectious ----------------- idle-headed -----------------jolthead<br />jaded ----------------- ill-breeding -----------------lewdster<br />jarring ----------------- ill-composed -----------------maggot-pie<br />knavish ----------------- ill-nurtured -----------------mammet<br />lewd ----------------- iron-witted -----------------minnow<br />loggerheaded ----------------- knotty-pated -----------------mumble-news<br />mangled ----------------- lean-witted -----------------malkin<br />mewling ----------------- lily-livered -----------------malignancy<br />pribbling ----------------- mad-bread -----------------mait-worm<br />puking ----------------- milk- livered -----------------manikin<br />peevish ----------------- motley-minded -----------------minimus<br />pernicious ----------------- muddy-mettled -----------------miscreant<br />prating ----------------- onion-eyed -----------------moldwarp<br />purpled ----------------- pale-hearted -----------------nut-hook<br />quailin ----------------- paper-faced -----------------pantaloon<br />queasy ----------------- pinch-spotted -----------------pigeon-egg<br />rank ----------------- plume-plucked -----------------pignut<br />reeky ----------------- pottle-deep -----------------puttock<br />roynish ----------------- raw-boned -----------------pumpion<br />roguish ----------------- reeling-ripe -----------------rabbit-sucker<br />spleeny ----------------- rough-hewn -----------------rampallion<br />spongy ----------------- rude-growing -----------------remnant<br />saucy ----------------- rug-headed -----------------rudesby<br />sottish ----------------- rump-fed -----------------ruffian<br />tottering ----------------- shag-eared -----------------ratsbane<br />unmuzzled ----------------- shard-borne -----------------scut<br />vacant ----------------- sheep-biting -----------------skainsmate<br />venomed ----------------- shrill-gorged -----------------strumpet<br />villainous ----------------- sour-faced -----------------scantling<br />warped ----------------- spur-galled -----------------scullion<br />weedy ----------------- tardy-gaited -----------------snipe<br />waggish ----------------- tickle-brained -----------------varlet<br />wanton ----------------- toad-spotted -----------------vassal<br />wenching ----------------- urchin-snouted -----------------waterfly<br />whoreson ----------------- weak-hinged -----------------whispter<br />yeasty ----------------- weather-bitten -----------------whey-face<br />gnarling ----------------- white-livered -----------------wagtail<br />clouted ----------------- dizzy-eyed ----------------- younker<br /></div><br />I made one up for the fun of it: (A) loggerheaded (B) ill-breeding (C) maggot-pie.<br /><br />In the hallway in shakespearean times, you might have heard, "Thou art a loggerheaded ill-breeding maggot-pie."<br /><br />Now it's your turn.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">--------Credit Where Credit Is Due--------<br />This activity has been taken from Acting Through Experience - Shakespeare (pp 9-10). Special thanks to Daniel Slowick for his contribution to my efforts to create a student friendly experience of the old Bard.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9135050797435419268-5107460256464326793?l=thetamingoftheshrewdiscussion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr Moshénoreply@blogger.com99tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135050797435419268.post-29504026192181695542007-05-02T08:27:00.000-04:002007-05-02T08:29:04.970-04:00<h3 class="post-title"> Having a problem with a certain passage, word, phrase?<br /></h3> <p>Ask about it here.</p><p>Post a quote and ask about it.</p><p>Share links to useful resources you've found on the internet.</p><p>Give help, and get help here!!!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9135050797435419268-2950402619218169554?l=thetamingoftheshrewdiscussion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr Moshénoreply@blogger.com0