So, I said I don't like Shakespearean insult lessons. Here's what I do instead…
Year 7, spring 2, an introduction to Shakespeare heroes and villains. Great. Some lessons on the shared area to adapt for your group. Perfect. Lesson 1, Shakespearean insults. Absolutely not. At my school, year 7s are taught in their form groups for English: mixed ability and I have an interesting group. They are great and full of life, but getting them focussed and working hard can be a challenge, especially just after lunch. Guess when I have them for lesson 1. So, for a laugh I decided to tweet to my 13 followers. Little did I know the wonderful Jennifer Webb was going to comment and draw a load of attention to my stupid exaggeration. I've taught my fair share of Shakespearean insult lessons, I've even enjoyed it a few times, but I have always felt that I struggled to get them to move from shouting "thou art nought but an artless elf skinned flap dragon" to actually feeling that they can break down an extract of Shakespeare, namely the introduction of Tybalt (lesso