Apostrophes

1. Sometimes I think Patrick's kid is strange but then again I always thought he was adopted.





2. If apples don't fall far from the tree then why does my Dad say I'm a banana.

3. I don't know what people see in Superman or Spider man, I personally think that Mr men are better.

Spellings

Lightning

Definition- 
a. An abrupt, discontinuous natural electric discharge in the atmosphere.
b. The visible flash of light accompanying such a discharge.

In a Sentence-
1. They say that lightning never strikes the same place twice.
2. The lightning streaked across the pitch black sky in a long white blur.
3. As I watched the sky I saw a spark of lightning and the rumble of thunder followed.

Shakespeare

   William Shakespeare was baptized April 26 1564, though his birth date is unknown. His birthplace was Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England and he died 23 April 1616, also in Stratford-upon-Avon. 

   Shakespeare was an English poet, dramatist and actor. He is often considered as the greatest dramatist of all time and is known as the English national poet. No writers living reputation can compare to that of Shakespeare. His plays were written in the late 16^th and early 17^th centuries for a small repertory theatre and they are now performed and read more often and in more countries.

   After 1599 Shakespeare’s plays were performed in the Globe theatre. Shakespeare had been performing with the Lord Chamberlain’s Men since 1594 and in early 1599 he paid 12.5% of the Globe theatres building cost. He did so as a lead share holder in the company. The investment meant that Shakespeare and the other leading actors a share of the company’s profit and a share of their playhouse.
   At age 18, in 1582, he married Anne Hathaway, a woman who was eight years older than he. Their first child, Susanna, was born on May 26, 1583, about six months after the marriage ceremony. Anne gave birth some 21 months after the arrival of Susanna to twins, named Hamnet and Judith, who were christened on February 2, 1585. Thereafter William and Anne had no more children. They remained married until his death in 1616.
Facts-
-Shakespeare had seven siblings. They were: Joan (1558); Margaret (1562); Gilbert (1566); Joan II (1569); Anne (1571); Richard (1574) and Edmund (1580).
-Shakespeare and Anne Hathawy had three children together – a son, Hamnet, who died in 1596, and two daughters, Susanna and Judith. His only granddaughter Elizabeth – daughter of Susanna – died childless in 1670. Shakespeare therefore has no descendants.
-Shakespeare died a rich man. He made several gifts to various people but left his property to his daughter, Susanna. The only mention of his wife in Shakespeare’s own will is: “I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture”. The “furniture” was the bedclothes for the bed.
-Shakespeare was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. He put a curse on anyone daring to move his body from that final resting place. His epitaph was:

Good friend for Jesus’ sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here:
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones.                                                                                             Though it was customary to dig up the bones from previous graves to make room for others, Shakespeare’s remains are still undisturbed.

-One of Shakespeare’s relatives on his mother’s side, William Arden, was arrested for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I, imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed.
-During his life, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets.His last play The Two Noble Kinsmen is reckoned to have been written in 1613 when he was 49 years old. While he was writing the plays at such a pace he was also conducting a family life, a social life and a full business life, running an acting company and a theatre. 
-Shakespeare is the second most quoted writer in the English language – after the various writers of the Bible.
-Shakespeare's Globe Theatre burnt down on 29th June 1613 after a cannon shot set fire to it during a performance of Henry VIII.

Bibliography-    
-http://moodle.deyeshigh.co.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=519
-http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-facts/

Play-doh model X

I chose to make this model as it represents the throne and crown that Claudius stole from his brother when he stole his life when he murdered him by pouring ear poison down his ear when he was sleeping helplessly and peacefully in his orchard. (Yes I know, worst play-doh model EVER!)  

Hamlet- Act 1: Scene 1- Summary X

Hamlet Act 1: Scene 1

It begins in Denmark on one of the castle towers. It is a cold night. It is the changing of the guards, Barnado is taking the place of Francisco at midnight. Barnado is shortly joined by Marcellus and Horatio. Marcellus and Barnado have asked Horatio to join them on the watch so he may also see the ghost of the dead King of Denmark that they have seen twice before. Horatio does not believe in the ghost though and he believes that they're hallucinating.
 Then at 1 am the ghost of the late King of Denmark appears and the group push Horatio to speak to it as he is well educated. The small group believe that this is a bad omen and ponder on whether young Fortinbras- son of the recently deceased Fortinbras, the late King of Norway (killed by Hamlet in the war against Denmark and Norway) is really gathering thugs from the outskirts of the country and our planning to take back the land that old Fortinbras lost. The group start to become worried that the ghost is here because he has started this war and that there is a sudden increase in the manufacturing of weaponry and that they themselves are on guard for that very reason. They think that the ghost is something to worry about and relate their situation with that of the Roman Empires when Julius Caesar was about to be assassinated and lots of bad signs appeared. 
 The ghost reappears and they try to stop it from leaving again by acting rash and when they think the ghost is about to speak a rooster crows. Horatio tries to order it to stay but the ghost retreats to whence it came. They talk about how the rooster tells when ghostly beings must return. They agree that their efforts in keeping the ghost there through force was futile and agree that they should tell Hamlet of what they have seen and that they owe it to him to tell him. They believe that the ghost will speak to Hamlet and they set off that morning to find him.