9th Grade: What comes to your mind when you hear the words, "Now we're going to read Shakespeare!" Do you cringe in fear? Do you giggle with glee? What past experiences have you had with Shakespeare to make you react the way you do?

I don't really cringe but I definitely don't giggle with glee. I haven't done much with Shakespeare but from the few stuff I have read and learned in past classes it's kind of hard to understand. I do know that he can be really funny and he is a really good writer so I'm excited to study his work because I've heard it can be really fun.

I don't really love old poetry and stories because it's hard to understand what life was like back then so sometimes they talk about things that don't make any sense, but I think it's interesting to learn about history and what life was like back then. I hope we don't just sit in class and read Shakespeare because that would be really boring.