This afternoon my students got the opportunity to insult me. Shakespearean style. Renaissance style. Old, old, old grammar school style. There's this worksheet that I picked up from a colleague, and it is the focal point of entertainment during this unit every year. Column A lists about 30 Shakespearean adjectives, Column B does the same, and Column C contains nouns like:
foot-licker
lump of marl
sheep-biter
maggot-pie
canker blossom
The list is eye-poppingly phenomenal.
Here is the Activity:
I pair students, ones I know will work well together. They come up with 10 insults, combining terms from Columns A, B, and C, and write those ten on a piece of paper. (The word "thou" precedes each insult).
Then I give a Post-It to each group and they write their favorite insult on it. I collect the Post-Its in my Shakespearean Insults Coffee Mug.
Students who want to deface my reputation, raise their hands, stand up, and fling insults at me, one at a time. In return, I pull an insult from the Mug and throw one back at them.
In your face, Minions!
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