Reading "Winter cold", a poem by William Shakespeare.

Winter Song, by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare wrote numerous poems throughout his life. Today, we are going to read one of them, titled A Merry Note, but better known as Winter Song. 

ICT TOOLS: The resources for this activity are YouTube, and an interactive activity created by me with Wordwall.

ACTIVITY: Read the poem.

A Merry Note (When icicles hang by the wall)

Verse by Williams Shakespeare,

From the Play “Love’s Labour’s Lost“

When icicles hang by the wall,

And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,

And Tom bears logs into the hall,

And milk comes frozen home in pail,

When blood is nipp’d, and ways be foul,

Then nightly sings the staring owl:

Tu-whit, Tu-who’- A merry note,

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

When all aloud the wind doth blow,

And coughing drowns the parson’s saw,

And birds sit brooding in the snow,

And Marian’s nose looks red and raw,

When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,

Then nightly sings the staring owl:

Tu-whit, To-who’- A merry note,

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

As the poem is not very easy to understand, I recommend you to watch this video after reading the book, because the images will help you better understand the meaning of the song. It would be a good idea, to read the poem again.

Now, make this activity, in which you have to relate diferent concepts with its definitions.

How do you think about old English?? 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Emily Gleichenhaus (2012). Sing Books with Emily, the Blog. Recuperado el 25 de noviembre de 2020 de   https://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/a-merry-note-illustrated-singable-poem-by-shakespeare-from-loves-labours-lost/

Winter Song: A Poem by William Shakespeare READ ALOUD. KidTimeStoryTime. (2016). [Video] YouTube.