tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post4265860855643484449..comments2024-03-28T02:03:21.870+11:00Comments on A peaceful day: To Shakespeare...Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09573473465011631325noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-9018146159525345652009-09-24T09:35:00.457+10:002009-09-24T09:35:00.457+10:00Thank you so much for this post. We are introduci...Thank you so much for this post. We are introducing Shakespeare in December. I was fortunate enough to find Beautiful stories of Shakespeare!<br />Blessings,<br />DawnDawnhttp://www.homeschoolblogger.com/my4sweetumsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-43922798956828416262009-09-23T15:49:47.965+10:002009-09-23T15:49:47.965+10:00I've wanted a Globe theater ever since watchin...I've wanted a Globe theater ever since watching Tea with Mussoulini, but didn't know how or what to look for! The one you mention looks like just the thing - already on my wishlist!! Thanks for the great ideas on studying Shakespeare.Kelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538971969343217106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-85890512734919267792009-09-23T08:03:39.716+10:002009-09-23T08:03:39.716+10:00Thanks Jeanne, for the ideas in this post. I do a...Thanks Jeanne, for the ideas in this post. I do aim to start reading Shakespeare to the girls on a more regular basis.rachaelnzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750543424225301783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-59139788950372662652009-09-23T06:31:43.134+10:002009-09-23T06:31:43.134+10:00My daughter is in first grade and I'm hoping t...My daughter is in first grade and I'm hoping to start introducing Shakespearee soon. I'm currently previewing some books from our local library before I commit and purchase any of them. Thank you for your insight!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09658498412486586653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-73201037531846710262009-09-23T00:38:40.608+10:002009-09-23T00:38:40.608+10:00We are currently reading and listening to Twelfth ...We are currently reading and listening to Twelfth Night. I think we enjoy sharing and listening to professionals act it and read it much more than our stumbling efforts. <br /><br />We really enjoyed some of the history plays last year after studying the time periods. <br /><br />Shakespeare has a place in our homeschool and our life.<br /><br />Thanks for the thoughtful post. I enjoyed reading it. <br /><br />Barb-Harmony Art MomBarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565810011908156870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-39055073234725630552009-09-22T10:46:42.731+10:002009-09-22T10:46:42.731+10:00Great post! Thanks for sharing it. It's a grea...Great post! Thanks for sharing it. It's a great addition to the CM Carnival!Jamie {See Jamie blog}https://www.blogger.com/profile/18212749055211487304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-84928228623002040002009-09-11T13:40:24.466+10:002009-09-11T13:40:24.466+10:00You really should submit this to the CM carnival! ...You really should submit this to the CM carnival! A wonderful post!<br /><br />I agree with you about keeping it simple. Read the plays. That's about all you have to do. :-)<br /><br />I didn't know about the Globe diorama. Ack! I want that! :-) Added to my wishlist. Thanks.<br /><br />I'll be linking to your post on my Shakespeare lens later.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09628472484731723590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-4495139548853529102009-09-11T10:26:39.108+10:002009-09-11T10:26:39.108+10:00Ah, Jeanne: Never occured to me that I wouldn'...Ah, Jeanne: Never occured to me that I wouldn't be acting ~ or Ditz wouldn't, more to the point! You get a very different understanding of a play when you have to think about why your character says & does certain things. Watching is lovely but terribly passive & I think you miss so much. Besides, when you have to deliver a long speech in such a way as to make it make sense to a listener you really have to know & understand it. I can still quote bits of the Merchant of Venice that I did scenes from once...long, long ago. ☺Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176246964466185315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-39813027669841925592009-09-11T09:26:24.714+10:002009-09-11T09:26:24.714+10:00Sue, did you notice the online links to the books ...Sue, did you notice the online links to the books at the bottom of the post? Maybe they will help.<br /><br />Jemimah liked the Tempest. We ended up acting it out with dolls. She even made a little island for Miranda to be marooned on, I remember.<br /><br />The plots are really difficult, but they do grow on you. Persevere!!<br /><br />I like being 'impeccable'!!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573473465011631325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-63415763911794360282009-09-11T09:12:51.184+10:002009-09-11T09:12:51.184+10:00Your timing is impeccable. I was just reading the...Your timing is impeccable. I was just reading the Shakespeare chapter in Charlotte Mason Companion last night in bed! <br /><br />My husband brought home a "Shakespeare for Children" book that has been translated into Japanese. As it has both the English and Japanese on each page, he wants the kids and I to record the English so that the students at his school can hear it. <br /><br />I read "Tempest" to the kids yesterday from that book, and Miss Moppet declared that she didn't like it. "That was boring," she said. That made me realize that it is indeed important which book we choose to enjoy Shakespeare with our kids. Unfortunately, they could have chosen a better one to translate into Japanese, it seems. <br /><br />We have read another book from the library that gave a sort of summary of the plays, but I can't remember the exact title now. The kids did seem to come away with a favorable impression from that one, thankfully. <br /><br />I am going to get my hands on the Nesbit and Lamb versions as soon as I can manage it!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508033779758406137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-52454571429548916982009-09-11T07:53:38.755+10:002009-09-11T07:53:38.755+10:00It is funny, isn't it Ganeida - you say they&#...It is funny, isn't it Ganeida - you say they're to be acted; I say they're to be watched!! As someone with very little drama experience, it hadn't even occured to me to say 'act'. I just expected to be the audience, I guess!! That said, as I mentioned, we do 'act' out little scenes even now using our theatre.<br /><br />I can see I'm going to have to undergo a mind shift over this one!! I totally agree that it is the best way to study the bard in later years though.<br /><br />Richele, Lambs is fine, but I'm sure you'll agree that there is nothing as convoluted as a Shakespeare plot, and anything that makes it simpler is good in my book. If I have the play in both books then sometimes I'll use both!<br /><br />I can imagine Max hating the lovey-dovey scenes. Jemimah gets irritated by the cross dressing. She doesn't understand why they try it over and over, play after play, and it never works. She has already grasped the 'honesty's the best policy' theme from it though. (I guess that means that it doesn't matter a whit that Ditz is playing a boy, does it? Everyone else is doing it!!)<br /><br />Anyway, we like it. I hope her early exposure means that she will be a Shakespere afficionado as Ganeida's Ditz appears to be.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573473465011631325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-5158023991756836992009-09-11T06:30:34.359+10:002009-09-11T06:30:34.359+10:00I love Shakespeare but we didn't start until I...I love Shakespeare but we didn't start until I was 14. <br /><br />Max is pretty squeamish with all the "lovey-dovey" as he calls it so it is hard to have him settle down enough for a proper narration. He rolls his eyes, squirms, acts disgusted by any displays of affection in the plays. <br /><br />He does listen eagerly though when characters like Puck or Ariel make an appearance. <br /><br />I am interested in Nesbit's retellings as we use the Lambs'.<br /><br />Must look more closely at your pop-up theatre.Richelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040133815286428699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-49354381779149452812009-09-11T03:55:38.083+10:002009-09-11T03:55:38.083+10:00lol, some plays are better than others. I always ...lol, some plays are better than others. I always laugh my way through Romeo & Juliet, whose star~crossed teenage lovers are too hysterical for words. I am particularly fond of Taming of the Shrew but I don't think these plays are meant to be read & argued over. They are *plays* & meant to be acted. Consequentially Ditz does a drama class each year that studies one Shakespeare play. Last year Macbeath; this year the Dream. She is Demetrius [shortage of blokes in this group lol] & we are having great fun with such lines as, "Do I entice you? Do I speak you fair?" Oh, & something about lips like cherries which has both my girls in stitches. Shakespheare much more as he was meant to be.<br /><br />I am particularly happy with the bard being studied like this as the memorisation to make sense of Elizabethian English is very good for diction, articulation & speaking excercise & I expect Ditz will still be able to quote extracts when she is an old, old woman.<br /><br />At 14 though I feel she is old enough to deal with Shakespheare's more questionable elements.Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176246964466185315noreply@blogger.com