Goals: Students will be able to read at an eighteenth-grade level, memorize a Shakespearean speech, and cure world hunger.
Assignment:
1) Give students the following definition: "A double entendre is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué, inappropriate, or ironic."
2) Belittle your class for not already knowing this.
3) Read the following paragraph to your class:
Macbeth is a play with lots of deep meaning. You have to go really deep into it to get it out. I mean deep inside. You need to be deep inside Macbeth, and then pull out in order to see what you're doing. Go in, and then go out. Never stop. Keep pushing into it until eventually, your insight will explode.4) Tell students, "Oh now, wasn't that nice?" Maybe light a cigarette here.
5) Assign the Porter's Speech in Macbeth (Act II, Scene iii). Tell them to find all the double entendres they possibly can.
6) Consult the Want Ads and begin looking for another job.
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