Bottom Jokes
Well, somehow our dinner discussion of Act 1, Scene 2
turned into a back and forth exchange of fart jokes in verse between my husband
and son. I think we were discussing poetry.
Today, we
1.
Listened to another movement
from Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s
Dream
2.
I found some character flash
cards online (there are flashcards for everything) and Emery cut out quotes
that described each character we’ve met so far in the play. I then had him
attach these to a posterboard, but we ran out of paste and tape, so we’ll have
to finish tomorrow.
3.
Read Act 1, Scene 2, which was
quite funny. Emery played Quince and Victor did a nice Bottom.
4.
Watched scene from 1935 film.
This was a fun day. I’m sure Emery didn’t get all of the
historical references of the jokes, but he did get the overall humor of the
scene.
On a related note, when your child has an activity on your
campus, do you go to the office to work while he or she is involved in the
activity?
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