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interact in Meaningful Ways: Academic Collaboration
Learning Targets
• Ask and answer questions about a drama in collaborative conversations, demonstrating active listening, and drawing upon an expanding pool of language resources for discussing literature.
• Express and support opinions of a drama in conversation.
Turn to your partner or small group to discuss each question about The Taming of the Shrew. After you have discussed a question, write notes about your answer before going on to the next question.
ACtiVitY 3.4
1. What did it mean when Petruchio said, “As wealth is burden of my wooing dance” and “I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; If wealthily, then happily in Padua”?
I think the meaning is .
3. Why does Shakespeare use the words “he will throw a figure in her face”? What does that phrase mean?
2. What can you infer about Petruchio from these lines: “Hortensio, peace. Thou know’st not gold’s effect. Tell me her father’s name, and ‘tis enough”?
4. Why does Hortensio call Katherine “the shrew”? What is a shrew? What context clues help you know the meaning of the word?
asking Questions
Dramas present readers with the opportunity for oral interpretation. With your partner or small group, read aloud Chunk 3 of Act 1, Scene II, from The Taming of the Shrew. Remember to use expression when you read as you interpret the words and their meaning. Discuss what questions you have about the end of the scene. Write one question to share with the whole class.
Based on , I can infer that .
Shakespeare uses the words to .
I agree that it means “an unpleasant old woman,” but .
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