Choose a soliloquy.
Explain to the cast that a soliloquy is where the character is on his or her own on stage thinking out loud.
On own: underline words that they don't understand.
In pairs: try to work out meanings- you could do a dictionary matching exercise either on paper or as a sort activity if you preferred and depending upon the level of your students.
Feedback. Discuss language change and the way that we all shift the way we use language depending on audience, context and purpose.
In pairs or small groups, look at the soliloquy - and then up-date it into modern English. This can be adapted if you come from a region with a strong dialect so that it's written for a particular region or even situated literacy such as the language of teenagers for example.
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