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Shakespearean Glossary - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet

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Shakespearean Glossary

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

Answer the questions carefully in complete sentences unless otherwise instructed.

Student ____________________________Class Period__________________

Notes on my thoughts,

Shakespearean Glossary

reactions and questions as I

read:

Let's face it, no matter how many times your

English teacher rambles on about how cool

Shakespeare is, his stuff isn't too easy to read.

We're not talking about a few funny words, like

in Doctor Seuss - we're talking Old English,

which may as well be a different language. To

help you get to the actual story behind those

baffling words, Kidzworld's put together a cheat

sheet for reading Shakespeare. Check it out!

Shakespeare's Vocab A – Z

alas - an exclamation of sadness or regret

barn - no, it's not the thing that cows live in In Shakespeare's time this was a child

abate - this is a multi-purpose word meaning either to shorten, to throw down or to

dull the edge of

aim - a guess

bob - this isn't just a dude's name, Shakespeare used it to mean to strike something, or

to insult someone or to get something from someone by insulting them

century - one hundred of anything

coil - what we would now call turmoil or a disturbance

cross - a piece of money or a coin

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Shakespearean Glossary - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet