Shakespeare. One word that causes many teachers and students alike to dread the extra reading that they have to do to understand who is who and what is happening in each scene. Increasing anxiety from both parties emerges when the student asked to read Fluellen stumbles over the word “avouchment” and the teacher has to flawlessly read the word and the next line before someone may question what exactly the definition is.
For generations the education system has been in a love-hate relationship with Shakespeare; exam boards love it, students and teachers seem to hate it. But, wily teachers are armed with that one shining lesson in their arsenal ready for the moment the students are all staring out of the window – the Shakespearean insults lesson.
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