Sunday, April 15, 2012

Shakespearean Insults (Due Friday, April 20th!)

One of my goals in teaching Shakespeare is to expose you to his language.  Shakespeare is known for inventing new sayings, often writing in rhyming couplets, and using an expansive and descriptive vocabulary.  Since it can be intimidating to try to understand his language, I have always found that approaching his words with playfulness and enjoyment helps!  Even if you don't understand everything, you can revel in the rhythm and cadence of his words.  

Shakespeare was also a famous for writing scathing insults!  I want you to go to the following links and create some insults of your own using Shakespeare's language.  If you need some ideas, you can look at some pre-generated insults by clicking on the botton link.  Write your TOP 3 insults on the blog!

Write some insults of your own!

(See some of Shakespeare's insults)

8 comments:

  1. My top 3 insults are; Hear me now thou bawdy beetle headed dewberry. Get thee gone thou dankish clay brained foot-licker. Lead apes in hell thou roguish half faced scut.

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  2. grow unsightly warts thou wretched tickle brained hugger-mugger.

    "Phui" I say thou incurable guts-gripping canker-blossom.

    I'll see thee hanged thou puking fen-sucked maggot-pie.

    these are my favorite insults.

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  3. Thou dankish knotty-pated malt-horse
    love this one'Thou reeky shag-haired whore-master!
    Thou spleeny doghearted bitch-wolf
    those are the top 3 insults i liked
    "rock in roll"!!!!

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  4. Get thee gone thou lumpish ill-breeding maggot pie.
    Wipe thy ugly face thou rump fed half faced nit!
    I'll see thee hang'd thou goatish fat kidneyed scut.
    I know what to say when I get angry at my mom now. Great assignment ms. Wilson!
    McKellar

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      Good Job McKellar! :D -Lindsay

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  5. Grow unsightly warts thou beslubbering beef-witted scut.
    Get thee gone thou fawning fen-sucked dotard.
    Eat my knickers thou ill-nurtured codpiece-sniffing clotpole.
    Those are my best insults that I could find. The third one is my favorite. -Lindsay Bonner

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  6. I'll see thee hang'd thou loggerheaded tardy-gaited clotpole.

    Wipe thy ugly face thou beslubbering onion-eyed pumpion.

    Kiss my codpiece thou dankish sheep-biting fustilarian

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  7. Hear me now thou bawdy beetle-headed barnacle.

    Away I say thou artless fool-born flea.

    Get thee gone thou churlish ill-nurtured foot-licker.

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