Original 2020 Version Shakespeare Version
For this activity, we would like you to learn more about ‘Shakespearean English’ - the version of English that Shakespeare used to write his plays. To do this, please write a short recount about what you did this morning in regular (2019) English, and then use this translating tool to turn it into Shakespearean English.
On your blog, share both your English and Shakespearean translation of your recount.
Morena Florence! Shakespearean language is very interesting and fun. I have trouble reading my recount after it's been translated though. Can you? William Shakespeare is a very popular playwright, and actually invented many words we use to this day! Do you know how many to be exact? Well done!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Shakespeare quote is...
ReplyDeleteAll the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms;
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lin’d,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion;
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
NB; I had to recite it as an audition piece for drama college.
Hey Florence I am from Tamaki Primary School . Congratulations on making it to the final week of the Summer Learning Journey. I am really proud of you achievements and accomplishments. Congrats on completing another Summer Learning Journey Activity!
ReplyDeleteHi Florence
ReplyDeleteShakespeare was certainly one of the greats. The fact that his worked is still very much alive , that people are still studying and learning from his works, and still performing them. As you continue through school you will learn more about him. One of the most interesting visits we had in LS2 was when the people came from the Pop Up Globe theatre and talked and performed for us. Great work on your SLJ.
Kia ora Florence,
ReplyDeleteWow! How different. It's really interesting the difference between words like morning and m'rninig. What words stood out to you as unusual?
Have you watched or read any of Shake spares work? If so, do you have a favourite of his work? I really enjoy Romeo and Juliet!
Nga mihi
Erica
Hi Florence,
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that the way people spoke back then is so much different from nowadays. Something else I find interesting is the way they dressed, nothing like the kind of clothes people wear today. Would you want to live in the Shakespearean age?