Transcript Good morning!

Good morning!
Please take out your English
notebook to take some notes.
Shakespeare’s Words
Shakespeare is thought to have made up over 1500 words! Here are
some common words and phrases Shakespeare coined that we still
use today:
Advertising
Bandit
Puke
Obscene
Numb
Torture
Varied
Wild-goose chase
Luggage
Manager
Kissing
Critic
Film
Gossip
Hush
More examples:
Nouns: eyeball, farmhouse, fortune-teller, glow,
hint, luggage, manager, moonbeam,
mountaineer, puppy dog, scuffle, shooting star,
skim milk, tardiness, urging, watchdog, wild
goose chase
Verbs: gossip, hurry, mimic, numb, partner,
petition, puke, undress
Adjectives: full-grown, green-eyed, laughable,
lonely, madcap, majestic, Olympian, snail-paced,
softhearted, unreal, varied, well-behaved,
worthless
Adverbs downstairs, importantly, instinctively,
threateningly, tightly, vastly
How did he do this?
Combine existing words:
– Eyeball
– Brunch
– frenemy
Use an old word in a new way:
– Trippingly (trip along)
– Friend (turned from noun to verb—to friend
someone)
Adapt a word from another language:
– Embrace (French embracer)
– Alligator (Spanish el legato)
Now, it’s your turn!
Together with your desk partner, you will
make up words, just like Shakespeare.
Make up at least one noun, one verb, one
adjective, and one adverb.
For each word, write down:
– Word
– Definition
– Use in a sentence that reveals the meaning
– How you came up with it
Expectations:
Work with your desk partner
Stay on task—conversation about this
activity only
Work until the bell or until I end the activity
Your Task:
Together with your desk
partner, you will make up
words, just like
Shakespeare.
Make up at least one noun,
one verb, one adjective, and
one adverb.
For each word, write down:
– Word
– Definition
– Use in a sentence that reveals
the meaning
– How you came up with it
Expectations:
Work with
your desk
partner
Stay on
task—
conversation
about this
activity only
Work until
the bell or
until I end the
activity