A Midsummer Night's Dream

Friday, 21 April 2017

A Midsummer Night's Dream

This week we have been reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.

We have looked at some of Shakespeare’s language in class and discussed some of the words that he invented, such as honorificabilitudinitatibus.

For your homework this week, we would like you to invent three words of your own, with definitions.

For example:

·         You could merge two or more existing words into a new word. For example the word chortle, came from chuckle and snort- a snorting laugh.

·         If you know some words from another language you could combine them with English words to create a new word.

·         If you have a younger brother or sister, you might want to listen to their babbling and see if you can create a word from the noises they make.

·         You could create an onomatopoeia by listening to sounds around you.

·         You could add prefixes or suffixes onto existing words. For example you could say zebrification-the process of becoming a zebra.

     Write your three words with their definitions below. I can't wait to see what you come up with!