The excursion we took to Washington D.C. for the Folger Shakespeare Theater presentation, coordinated by Mrs. Zurkowski and embarked on by both sections of the Honors English classes, was a fantastic Shakespearian experience.
Most of the techniques the acting troupe at the presentation used to help us understand and relate to Shakespeare's writing were greatly understandable for people in our age group. Since they were conveyed in the context of a medley of plays, the experience was also reinforced with examples.
There were also a lot of interactive fun activities conveyed on stage. The death scenes were dementedly hilarious in their disturbing and violent, yet very enjoyable to watch, nature, and the interactive sentence diagraming with exagerrated hand motions was a great way to bring sentences that we had once interpreted as black and white text on a page, to life.
The overall trip to our nation's capital was a separate escapade in itself. What with standing in front of the capital building, eating lunch at the union station, taking ice cream samples from complete strangers, and watching people sunbathe on public sidewalks, Washington D.C. had a lot to offer us in our learning experience.
Overall, I think this trip was a great way of reinforcing how to help interpret Shakespeare through a perspective of our individual daily lives, and I think it should be offered to all classes in the future, as I will use the techniques I learned for the rest of my Shakespearian learning career.
Great use of adjectives! At the end where you say that you will use the techniques demonstrated, state how you will use them.
ReplyDelete*awkward commenting time* This was a great post! The third and fourth paragraphs made me laugh. Two thumbs up.
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