Thursday, November 17, 2011
Reflections: Shakespeare Playshop
Last week, we had a great learning experience at the Shakespeare playshop. Reflecting on the activity, what were some of the highlights? Write a post describing your favorite part of the Shakespeare playshop. In doing so, also mention at least (1) thing you learned about the language/life and/or performance of Shakespeare's plays or Elizabethan times.
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My favorite part was Carly`s acting!! I learned that they use different words ,and have a accent.
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I thought the plays we had to do were the best. We had at least 3 plays and we organized the groups by doing a warm up. THough me least favorite partb was when we had to read the lines with the actions.
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I learbned that Shakespeare was VERY dramatic and that he used old English!!! I loved the part where we got to act out the scenes of Macbeth. I thought this was an EXTREMELY FUN experience!!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the playshop was where we got to do the play. I learned that SHakespearian talk is hard to understand because we don't use it. Nicholas M.
ReplyDeleteDuring the Shakespeare play shop, I learned about Shakespeare's old english language/writing. When we had to read the script, it was kind of hard to read some of the words. My favorite part was watching others perform.
ReplyDeletelast week, i had a great time at the playshop, but my favorite part was when we got to insult the other groups. it was really funny to see what everybody said to each other.duriing the playshop i learned that shakespeare made up a lot of new words.
ReplyDeletethis was such a blast! i loved how we all had our own scenes, but most of all i loved the insults. some of ours didn't make any since but it was fun making up the actions. i would love to do something like this later this year.
ReplyDeleteReese Fleming
I LOVVVEEEEEEEE it so much!!!! My favorite part was the part where we got to act out parts of the play. I liked when Lexi, May-Ann, Nicholas, Eric, and I got to act out a part in Macbeth. Lexi, May-Ann, and I got to be witches:)! I learned that it is very hard to be an actor/actress. It takes very hard work and determination to be in that career field.
ReplyDeleteI loved the whole thing personally. It was a great experience and i loved working in the small groups. My quote for the day was " GIVE ME MY SWORD!".i loved doing the acting and seeing my classmates act :)
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought that the playshop would be boring and dumb, but after we finished it I thought differently about it and learned that being an actor wasn't just a job to get money, but something that's fun and intresting.
ReplyDeleteChris Jung
I learned about McBeth, and I learned they spokeold eglish.
ReplyDeleteI had lots of fun from the shakespeares playshop. I learned that shakespeare was very seriuos about his plays and i learned that the actors used old english. My favorite part of the playshop was doing 3 different acting groups and the killing of macbeth's family. From Eric Song
ReplyDeleteDuring the workshop, I thought that my favorite part was getting to insult the other groups. I also learned what type of person Macbeth is and how the story went.
ReplyDeleteMay-Ann :3
My favorite part of the Shakespeare playshop was all the drama and the acting. It was different too than any other field trip but it was still fun. My favorite was when we did the insults to eachother and we fought back and forth to see who won and we all know that my group won. It was different but still fun.
ReplyDeletewill Burgum
I loved the Shakespeare playshop! It was really fun because we got to act as charaters from Macbeth! One thing that I learned was that there weren't a lot of props so they had to use their imagination. :)
ReplyDeleteI loved the Shakespeare playshop! It was really fun because we got to act as charaters from Macbeth! One thing that I learned was that there weren't a lot of props so they had to use their imagination. :)
ReplyDeletesara
i thought that the playshop was fun. every one was into it (carly) and had a great time. now i know that shakespeare wasnt just a boring old guy who wrote stories. the rising 7thgraders will have a great time next year.
ReplyDeletemegan marshall
i like the play shop it was fun. I liked playing out Macbeth. I thought it would be booring, but it was fun. I learned a little about Shakespear.I learned there was not alot of proprs so they had to us their imagination and there were only actors!
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I really enjoyed the playshop. I thought it was a good way for everyone to be mroe exagerated and outgoing. I loved the scenes. They were very funny- especially when one group did "Party Rockers". The insults were odd...Since I didn't really understand them. But it was funny. The actions were hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI had fun and I thought that it was hard to understand somethings because even though we speak the same language the way they talk is different than how we talk today.
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ReplyDeleteOh. And I liked when Molly was sitting on the chair as an owl. That was really funny. :3
ReplyDeleteHi!! Before the playshop, I was practically bouncing off the walls with excitment! I think that the Shakespeare Playshop was totally worth our time & money! I loved watching everyone have fun along with me. It was a great & amazing experience! I never really new much about Shakespeare's Play 'Macbeth'until I went to the playshop! The scenes we acting out, along with all the choreography was all amazing! I wish I could do this again next year! Thanks Mrs.Smith for planning this! :D
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My opinion of how the playshop went: Honestly, I'm not a big fan of acting. It felt kinda awkward, but I could tell everyone enjoyed it. If I had to pick my favorite part, it would be watching what everyone made up for their scences. I now know that if you want to go into Shakespeare acting or such, you should have a true passion for acting.
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The playshop was very fun! I learned a whole lot about shakespeare that I didn't know before. We got to play out MOST of our acts......, but anyways it was still very fun. This was a real imaginative experience for me.
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ReplyDeleteI loved the acting part of the playshop where we got to be mcbeth charactors. I also enjoyed the Mcbeth insults. I also learned that there was alot of violence and killing in the mcbeth times.
ReplyDeletei thought the shakespear playshop was really fun. at first i thought shakespear was a boring guy who wrote words i could never understand, but it was fun. the directors made it so i could get what they were talking about in the play. acting is something i really enjoy. i would like to do it again
ReplyDelete-lizzy
my fav. part of da shakespeare playshop thingy would hve 2 be when we r performing it in frount of da class and thts all
ReplyDelete-selina
I think the highlight was learning many new phrases. My favorite part was looking at people show their plays. I also know that doth means does.
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ReplyDeletesome of them was actually beingin the play. That was very fun and i enjoyed meeting the people that were actually used to being on the stage. My favorite part was learning the plays beacasuse i learned that shakespear included alot of his own writed.
ReplyDeleteOlivia Hunsaker
in the playshop, my favorite part was when we got to act the play Macbeth.
ReplyDeletei didnt mean HATE i meant not really like much
ReplyDeleteI thought that the Shakespeare Playshop was very cool! My favorite part was when we acted out scenes from the actual Macbeth ooohhhh! I loved watching my classmates act out their scenes it was especially funny when Paige's group started singing LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem is was hilarious. I loved trying to be McDough and getting my side of the class to yell the loudest even though I lost to Macbeth ooohhh!
ReplyDeleteIt was really a great experience overall!
I loved it, but I don't think I would like to have a job like full time though, but I may change my mind!
I thought the whole play shop was fun :D It was funny seeing all the classmates act out parts. I learned what doth means [it means does]. The funnest [or most fun,whichever one is gramatically correct] part was when we had those insult wars. I'm pretty confident that my group won.
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My favorite part of the playshop was when we got to preform our plays. I loved watching everybody elses plays. I learned new words like doth which means does and I also learned about the play Macbeth.
ReplyDeletemy favorite part was when we all were throwing insults at each other
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ReplyDeleteI really liked the playshop. I thought it was really cool. I really liked the part when we split into groups and had to act out parts from the story, "Macbeth"oooohhh. It was weird that we sang patry rock in an old setting. It found that very funny.
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I had a great time! This playshop was super doth. I think the funnest time was when we got our skits and had to present in front of the class. I learned the word "doth" which means "does". I think this indoor feild trip was a great idea.
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I liked acting and how it felt like to be an actor. Even if I was just a spirit going around a couple of people. Even though, I don't think acting is my thing.
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-Albert
The playshop was really fun! It helped me learn some new and interesting facts about Shakesphere. My favorite part was when Shannen was acting so serious and it just made me laugh!!! I learned that MacBeth was a guy ... not a girl. hahahaha 2:D
ReplyDeleteBye the way Ms.Smith i think this blog thing is pretty cool! I am going to recomend this way of writing and teaching to my favorite teacher Mrs.Burgess.
ReplyDeleteamo >.<
the playshop was a delight.My favorite part was playing as shakespeare himself.I learned what doth means.Doth mean does. I doth the way u look!HaHaHaHa LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOL!
ReplyDeleteI liked the part were we broke up into groups and learned scenes. It was really fun. I had a great time doing it. It was one of the best field trips ever. I liked the group who did that hilarious singing. I also liked how they said doth. I really like Macbeth.
ReplyDeletei thought the plays we had were like the bomb.com. We had at least 3 parts of the play mackbeth and we were organized into groups by doing a warm up. Though my least favorite part was when we had to read the lines with the actions and some how we had to make fake accents to go with it. i love it!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVED the Shakespeare playshop. it was so fun and i would love to do it again! i got a real feel for acting and btw.... I PLAY THE VOCAL CHORDS TOO!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletewe learned about the shakespeare plays meckbeth the language of skaspeare also how the globe theater was built and burned down
ReplyDeleteI really liked the shakespeare playshop because we got to learn the shakespeare plays, learn the old English, and just have fun!
ReplyDeleteI died...
ReplyDeletei relly loved the playshop. it was sooooooo fun. i never knew that acting was that fun. we were organized into 3 groups and in that group you played a special part. it was the BOMB!!!!!!
ReplyDeletebut anyway, i thought it was a cool experience to act out a famouse play and have fun... and die.
ReplyDeleteI dont mean to be a hater but i didnt really like the playshop.I thought they would of had like a house/playhouse set up in the library adn we could go in and dress up and act. But the insult contest was pretty fun. I liked that. But when we acted i didnt really think that was fun. But overall it was alright xDxDxDxDxDxD <><
ReplyDeletebR3nd4n mCgLyNn
I truly enjoyed the playshop. Actually... it was awesome! i liked being an actor like this vs the modern day actor. hmm. ya! i loved it!
ReplyDeletebefore this unit, i didn't know a lot about shakespeare. the playshop helped me understand more about macbeth and shakespeare. it was also hard to act out the words from macbeth:0
ReplyDeletekatie dunn
i liked the playshop. i got to be an actor even though we didnt do much. it was worth the $9 and more.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the playshop. It was fun to act out the different parts. It was also funny to see austin 'dead', even though he was sitting up like he was being told a story. Hee!
ReplyDeleteI really loved the playshop. It was really fun. I loved getting up infront of the class and acting. Because many people dont know but i LOVE acting. I learned that when you got to the Globe Theater you used to pay a penny to get in.
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it was fun and exciting
ReplyDeletethe shakespeare playshop was SO FUN! I exspecially loved when we got to act out the scences. I exspecially like our party scene and we got to dance. I just wanted to say that it was REALLY FUN!
ReplyDelete~ Alexandra Izaguirre
i learned that macbeth killed the king and then died
ReplyDeletei loved the playshop. It was a great experience because it was something i never saw myself doing. I learned people had different ways and its almost like a language.
ReplyDeleteYki3
I think the playshop was kinda fun. I liked to get infront of the stage to preform!!!!
ReplyDeletei liked the playshop. it was worth my time. i like how we got to act out everything and not just watching and listening to shakesperae but actually being interacted to this.
ReplyDeleteithink the playshop was kinda fun. I liked to get infront of the stage to perform!!!!!! CGu3
ReplyDelete@Straski #27 (LOOK HERE) it was amusing the way u died no offense but the way alex like killed u after u were "drunk" was funny
ReplyDeleteYki3
I thought the playshop was pretty awesome. I liked the different groups acting. I thought it was a great way to learn about Shakespear's play McBeth ooooooooo.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the playshop very mucho. (: It was fun to see my classmates act - It was my first time seeing them having so much fun !! I learned that Shakespeare uses old english. :D It really impressed me. And im asian.. asians are hard to impress.. :D
ReplyDeleteChaeRin Kim :)
Oh.Mah.Gosh i loved loved loved!!! <3 this playshop!! it waas sooo much fun my sides hurt afterwards!! i enjoyed seeing my classmates do their skits and i was fun doing it as well even though i was laughing when i was supposed 2 be dead :P :D
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-Maya Wiley ^^
I agree with 2Spa. I was always excited for the playshop, and it was really fun.
ReplyDeleteI loved the play shop. I died twice- It's fun
ReplyDeleteThe first time i was s;iced and have and Morgan picked my head up. The next time i was a child and was killed by majesty- AlexW Tried to stab me 10 times but missed. I also acted as Macbeth(Ooooohhhh). I learned a lot about acting and Macbeth- that its a haunted play and that macduff kills him.
I enjoyed the Playshop very much. It's was a lot of fun. And I learned that macbeth is a very bloody play.-Isabelle
ReplyDeleteI learned all about Shakespeare's play Macbeth. The best part was acting out the whole play. I thought they were just going to preform it for us, but it was an awesome suprise when we got to act it out instead.
ReplyDeletei thought that we had lots of fun. i had fun while reacting the play Macbeth. it let our class get their hyperness out.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part was when I had the role of Bankwow, and I had to die. I really hurt my head during that scene, though......... One thing I learned was that MacBeth was Shakespeare's most popular play. And MacBeth was the bad guy!
ReplyDeleteI liked the Shakespeare Playshop, Specially when we got to the plays. I learned all one of his coolest Plays.. MACBETH!! OHHHH AHHHH SPECIAL! It was really cool, getting to play a part.
ReplyDeleteHOOPLA!!!
It was worth 9$, it was a fun experience, and, i got to act out the scenes, yay!
ReplyDelete-Jarrett North
I really liked the Playshop and my favorite part was when we got to act. It was fun and it made us all laugh. XD
ReplyDeleteThe playshop was a fun and exciting expereience. I learned more about acting(I've acted before). I learned that Macbeth was the villian. I had a great tume Mr. Tony, KJ, and the others. It was a wonderful evperience, and I hope to do it again.
ReplyDeleteI loved the part when we all got a part of Macbeth and acted it out. For all my 4th period friends*angrybirdsangrybirdsangrybirds* I learned a lot of cool new words (Hurlyburly teehee) and had soooooooo much fun!
ReplyDeleteDuring the Shakespeare Playshop, I had a great time. I liked when we insulted everyone else. I also liked when we got to yell, "ALL HAIL McDUFF! YO!" too! I learned all about Macbeth, such as how Lady Macbeh is the one who put him up to the dirty deed in the first place, and I also learned how to fake "kill"... :) Thank you Mrs. Smith for inviting the Playshop!
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I loved the playshop!!! It was so fun acting, and doing parts, but I liked my 'angry birds' impression the best. I also agree with 4RJA, 4MUW, and 4CCA
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part was when i got to scream at the top of my lungs... in the library! also, i learned that Macbeth had a family.
ReplyDeletethe playshop was awesome! i love all of it but the best was when we got to do the insults. my group ended up screaming.screaming in the library is always awesome. i learned that shakespeare used totally different language than we do. out of ten i give it a 372( random #) (:
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the shakespeare play was the the diffrent words in diffrent aspects(happy, sad, etc.). I aslo liked when every screamed for me. (Very fun :D) ad I loved l;earning about the diffrent words shakespeare would use in his plays that we never use now -brick'd- It was also fun to learn that shakespear could do evil and nice scences instead of just evil(Romeo and juliet-them both dying-was the image i'd always had of shakespeare)
ReplyDelete~Alena P.
The shakespeare playshop was a very fun field trip to the library. It was worth the money. It was very fun.My favorite part was when we acted the parts out ourselves. I hope we do something like this again.
ReplyDeleteI had a great time! Especially when Jarret(the horse) put his head in his jacket like he was a decapitated horse! It was so funny! I also liked it when I got to be the wife. That was my first time acting, and I actually felt good about it!:) I had fun doing the warmups at the beginning when we had to competition against the McBeths! (McDeaths won! YAY!;D) I learned that Shakespeare's play, McBeth, is considered cursed to some people because a lot of bad things happen in plays performed by it. The bad thing that happened was that Emiy, when killed by us, fell and hit her head (she was okay though). I had a great time and I think I learned a lot about that.
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Nikki E. <3
My favorite part was probly the plays we preformed. It was hard to remember what to do giving we only had about 20-30 minutes to plan the play. One big thing I learned about it was the paly of Mcbeth, I have never herd of it untell we went to the play shop. I give it a 5 out of 10, Only because I'm no good at acting.
ReplyDeleteMatt T.
I ment Macbeth
ReplyDeleteMatt T.
My favorite part was when my groupd chased Macbeth at the end of our scene :)lol
ReplyDelete~Shaina~
My favorite part was learning the insults. I learned that give me my sword was an insult of of the highlights was when I choped Jarett's head off. from Beasty Baweja, Lawson.
ReplyDeleteThat was so Cool!! It was super fun too and totally worth 9 bucks. I loved acting out the scenes and stuff. hahahaha:)
ReplyDeletei dont know I wasnt here...Im sorry:(
ReplyDeletebut Im sure i will agree with my fellow classmates!
Cate
Awwh... poor cate. :(
ReplyDelete-Nikki E.
OMG I GET THE LAST LAUGH! yay! :D Muwaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! :)
ReplyDelete-Nikki E. <3
My favorite part about the playshop was we got to work with the actors and actually act. I learned about the play Macbeth (before I went I had no clue what it was).
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