“Wake Duncan with thy knocking: I would’st thou could.” He and Lady Macbeth hear the loud knocking and as they take off to change their clothes Macbeth, already experiencing the guilt that is going to destroy him, says: Macbeth is still in a state of shock at what he has done and his hands are drenched in Duncan’s blood. It is very early morning and Macduff, having made arrangements with Duncan to wake him up before dawn to go hunting, has arrived at the castle gates. Macbeth has just murdered Duncan, the king. The wording is from Macbeth but it is far from being a joke, although the scene in which it appears is a comic scene. If asked where any literary reference originated, you would have a good chance of being right by answering “Shakespeare.” And in this case you would certainly be right. First appearance of “knock knock, who’s there?” And so responding to such silly jokes as “knock knock who’s there? Cow says Cow says who? No, a cow says mooooo!” and “knock knock who’s there? Nana Nana who? Nana your business,” and making up their own is a rite of passage to a more sophisticated sense of humour. The ability to appreciate those jokes is probably the first sign of the sense of humour to come. The linguistic trick clicks in and they laugh. “Knock knock” jokes are the first jokes kids respond to and laugh at as their reasoning faculties begin to develop. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.This gives me the opportunity to make sure they “get” the jokes and I know they’ll be more surprised and more delighted to read their own books once they realize they’re the same jokes I just read to them in class. I always read my own copy of the book to the kids on the last day of school before break. We photocopy the pages (and front cover) onto cardstock, put a plastic binding on them, and then merry it up with a ribbon, tag, and candy cane. If you want to give this as a gift to your students, you might want to familiarize them with this type of joke so that it all makes more sense to them. That means my students are familiar with the format, making this book more accessible for them than it might be otherwise. I have collected them over the years and find them to be some of the best for this age.Īt our school, our principal often includes a joke with his morning announcements and often the joke is a knock knock joke. The Best Knock Knock Jokes is a book full of knock knock jokes that kindergarten students not only “get” but also really like (and like to repeat). Like most things I share with you, it is well-tested and something I feel many of you will appreciate. It’s easy, inexpensive, and always well received. Today I am sharing with you a gift that my aide and I have put together for our kindergarten students for many years now.
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