Yesterday was our first settled reading of the Taming of the Shrew. We tried earlier in the week, read through the background notes of the first scene from "Brightest Heaven of Invention", and then floundered due to overly excited kids and trying to find individual versions.
Yesterday we tried again, handed out laptops and books, and assigned parts. Everyone read, wow. Even my reluctant reader managed ok, the boys added in their dramatic flair, and it was fun. Interestingly enough the humor left them a little abashed. They just couldn't laugh at what was obviously inappropriate. Well you have to love them for that.
They are in love. The main encouragement to change from our blocks to a more balanced week is to include these works and AI can see benefits on so many levels from doing so.
The Bard stays, Plutarch similarly was a hit although I'll keep that as a read aloud for a while. Between Shakespeare and our bible reading we might be able to include a daily reading out loud slot for each of the kids that doesn't threaten my Artist but gives her motivation to develop her skills.
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