We are working on memorizing the following passage. If you say it out loud twice a day for several days, you will know it by heart. It is from Shakespeare's play, "As You Like It". Make sure you understand what it means!
All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances
And one man, in his time, plays many parts.
You need to learn it exactly as it is written! Remember, we pronounce "women" as "wimmen". The "o" says a soft "i" sound in this word.
Grades 9/10:
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue. But if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town crier spoke my lines. Nor do not saw the air too much with your hands, thus; but use all gently, for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness.
This is from "Hamlet" and is called "Hamlet's advice to the players". He is telling the travelling actors who have arrived to perform at his castle how he expects them to present their play. We can take this advice ourselves when we perform.
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