Act Two

March 1, 2016

E.Q: Observe and analyze the motive behind characters actions.

Obj: I can observe and analyze the motive behind characters actions.

Starter

Skit Reflection

In your Google Doc title this Act One Skit Reflection.

Respond to each question in 3-5 sentences.

1.  Explain how your skit demonstrated the main ideas of Act One of Hamlet.

2.  Evaluate whether or not your group effectively reproduced main idea during presentation.  Explain how it did or did not.  

3.  Explain ONE thing you would definitely keep the SAME and ONE thing you would CHANGE. 

 

Vocabulary: 

We will review 5 words as a class, and you will also create your own unique set of terms.

Use Viva Vocab for this element.

You should have 30 words by the end of the unit.

For each activity box use the word in a sentence.

It will go for a grade at the end of the unit.

Activity: 

1.  Act Two Audio Play 

You will listen to the act in three different chunks.

Follow along with the audio play for the following sections:

0:00 - 6: 45

6:45- 25: 00

25:00-41:11

Observe and analyze the motive behind each characters actions while you listen.

At each pause answer the following Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions

Set One

Explain why Reynaldo is sent on his mission by Polonius.

Evaluate the way Ophelia retells the story with Hamlet.

Rationalize/Explain Hamlet's mental state.

Set Two

Justify why Hamlet appears to make no sense when talking with Polonius.

Describe your initial impression of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz.

Compare Hamlet's mental state to the previous scene.

Set Three 

Analyze Hamlet's motive for the play.

Evaluate whether this is his id, ego, or superego.  Support your reasoning.

Predict what will happen in Act Three.

Closure: 

In preparation for tomorrow, evaluate your skill in researching and connecting allusions in literature on the learning target using a scale of 1-4.  (Target on front bulletin.)

SKITS

February 29, 2016

E.Q: Identify characteristics of Hamlet using textual evidence.

Use inferences to determine characteristics.

Create a skit that supports your characterizations of the characters. 

Obj: I can identify characteristics of Hamlet using textual evidence.

I can make inferences to determine characteristics.

I can create a skit that demonstrates my understanding of characterization. 

Starter: 

Look at what your group completed last week. 

Make sure that all STEAL charts are complete before you move on.

You will have approximately 45 minutes to make and practice your skit. 

Create a plan or checklist with your group to manage your time wisely.

Vocabulary: 

We will review 5 words as a class, and you will also create your own unique set of terms.

Use Viva Vocab for this element.

You should have 30 words by the end of the unit.

For each activity box use the word in a sentence.

It will go for a grade at the end of the unit.

Hamlet Vocab 

Activity

1.  Act One Skit

In small groups, you will be responsible for creating your own adaptation of Act One.

First, as a group, create a STEAL chart for:

Claudius

Gertrude 

Ophelia.

Then, using the characterizations from above, create a 3-5 minute skit of Act One.

You will need to decide which parts of the text are crucial to the story and which lines can be eliminated. 

You will also need to decide how you will make this your own unique adaptation.

With your group, create a new script and decide on your actors.

Make sure that you hold all of your group members accountable and practice before you present to the class.

You have 45 minutes to prepare.

2.  Present

Make sure that you have fun, but remember you must present this as if you were really on stage. 

As you watch other groups present, jot down a plus and delta.

We will have time later to provide each other feedback.

Closure: 

How did the creating the skit impact your understanding of the play?

REMINDER

Independent Reading Project is due tomorrow.

Act One Skits

February 26, 2016

E.Q: Identify characteristics of Hamlet using textual evidence.

Use inferences to determine characteristics.

Create a skit that supports your characterizations of the characters. 

Obj: I can identify characteristics of Hamlet using textual evidence.

I can make inferences to determine characteristics.

I can create a skit that demonstrates my understanding of characterization. 

Starter: 

Free Write Friday 

Or 

Vocabulary: 

We will review 5 words as a class, and you will also create your own unique set of terms.

Use Viva Vocab for this element.

You should have 30 words by the end of the unit.

For each activity box use the word in a sentence.

It will go for a grade at the end of the unit.

Hamlet Vocab 

Activity: 

1.  Act One Skit

In small groups, you will be responsible for creating your own adaptation of Act One.

First, as a group, create a STEAL chart for:

Claudius

Gertrude 

Ophelia.

Then, using the characterizations from above, create a 3-5 minute skit of Act One.

You will need to decide which parts of the text are crucial to the story and which lines can be eliminated. 

You will also need to decide how you will make this your own unique adaptation.

With your group, create a new script and decide on your actors.

Make sure that you hold all of your group members accountable and practice before you present to the class.

The goal is to present by the end of the class.

Closure: 

How did creating the skit impact your understanding of the original version. 

2/15 Benchmark Remediation

February 25, 2016

Benchmark Remediation has been posted on usatestprep.com.

You are to complete the three assigned practice sets.

For each question that you get wrong, complete a test correction.

Write down the correct answer and provide a short explanation as to why that is correct.

Remediation is due on Monday, February 29. 

End Act One

February 25, 2016

E.Q: Identify characteristics of Hamlet using textual evidence.

Use inferences to determine characteristics.

Obj: I can identify characteristics of Hamlet using textual evidence.

I can make inferences to determine characteristics.

Starter: 

Summarize what we read in class yesterday. 

Second block read to middle of scene five.

Third block read to scene four. 

Fourth block read to page 21.

Your summary should be somewhere between 3-5 sentences. 

Include characters, conflicts, ideas, etc. 

Vocabulary: 

We will review 5 words as a class, and you will also create your own unique set of terms.

Use Viva Vocab for this element.

You should have 30 words by the end of the unit.

For each activity box use the word in a sentence.

It will go for a grade at the end of the unit.

1.  Act One Scenes Three- Five

As a class, we will read through the remaining part of Act One. 

Continue to observe Hamlet's thoughts, behaviors, statements, etc. 

Electronic Copy   

Characters

Laertes

Ophelia

Polonius

Hamlet

Horatio

Marcellus

Ghost

Discussion Questions

What is the relationship between Ophelia and Hamlet?

Analyze the advice Laertes and Polonius give.

What are they really concerned about?

Interpret what the ghost tells Hamlet.  Support whether or not the ghost has good intentions. 

At the end of Act One, determine if you believe the ghost is real or make believe.

2.  BBC Production

As you watch, continue to observe Hamlet. 

Jot down notes about his speech, thought, effect, actions, and looks. 

You will use this information for the next step.

3. TPEQEA

Respond to ONE of the following questions in TPEQEA.

• What is your first impression of the character? What gave you that impression? Did your impression of that character change after watching the clip? Why or why not? (Look back at the descriptions and the character’s thoughts and behavior)
• How does your perception of that character compare with the narrator’s or director's perception? Do you agree with how other characters perceive your character? (Look back at the interactions and descriptions)
• What motivates the character to behave as he or she does?

Closure: 

Connection

Explain what you would do if you were in Hamlet's shoes. 

End of Act One

February 24, 2016

E.Q: Identify characteristics of Hamlet using textual evidence.

Use inferences to determine characteristics.

Obj: I can identify characteristics of Hamlet using textual evidence.

I can make inferences to determine characteristics.

Starter: 

Review the information in the STEAL chart and Hamlet translation.

Interpret what this demonstrates about Hamlet's mental state by drawing what you think the inside of his head looks like. 

Vocabulary: 

We will review 5 words as a class, and you will also create your own unique set of terms.

Use Viva Vocab for this element.

You should have 30 words by the end of the unit.

For each activity box use the word in a sentence.

It will go for a grade at the end of the unit.

Hamlet Vocab 

Activity: 

1.  Finish Watching BBC Production 

  BBC Hamlet Production

As a class, we will watch the scenes we read yesterday.

Pay close attention to the way Hamlet is characterized in the movie compared to the text.

Jot down notes about what is similar and different to what you imagined.

2.  STEAL chart and Soliloquy Discussion

As a class, we will discuss the analysis you created yesterday.

Make sure you have your STEAL chart out to share examples.

We will also go over the various translations of the soliloquy.

Prompt: Evaluate Hamlet's mental state overall and share your conclusions with the class.

O, that this too too solid flesh would melt
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!
Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Fie on't! ah fie! 'tis an unweeded garden,
That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
Possess it merely. That it should come to this!
But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two:
So excellent a king; that was, to this,
Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth!
Must I remember? why, she would hang on him,
As if increase of appetite had grown
By what it fed on: and yet, within a month--
Let me not think on't--Frailty, thy name is woman!--
A little month, or ere those shoes were old
With which she follow'd my poor father's body,
Like Niobe, all tears:--why she, even she--
O, God! a beast, that wants discourse of reason,
Would have mourn'd longer--married with my uncle,
My father's brother, but no more like my father
Than I to Hercules: within a month:
Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears
Had left the flushing in her galled eyes,
She married. O, most wicked speed, to post
With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!
It is not nor it cannot come to good:
But break, my heart; for I must hold my tongue.

3.  Act One Scenes Three- Five

As a class, we will read through the remaining part of Act One. 

Continue to observe Hamlet's thoughts, behaviors, statements, etc. 

Electronic Copy   

Characters

Laertes

Ophelia

Polonius

Hamlet

Horatio

Marcellus

Ghost

Discussion Questions

What is the relationship between Ophelia and Hamlet?

Analyze the advice Laertes and Polonius give.

What are they really concerned about?

Interpret what the ghost tells Hamlet.  Support whether or not the ghost has good intentions. 

At the end of Act One, determine if you believe the ghost is real or make believe.

4.  TPEQEA

Respond to ONE of the following questions in TPEQEA.

• What is your first impression of the character? What gave you that impression? Did your impression of that character change before the end? Why or why not? (Look back at the descriptions and the character’s thoughts and behavior)
• How does your perception of that character compare with the narrator’s perception? Do you agree with how other characters perceive your character? (Look back at the interactions and descriptions)
• What motivates the character to behave as he or she does.  

Closure: 

Connection

Explain what you would do if you were in Hamlet's shoes. 

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1-2 Analysis

February 23, 2016

E.Q: Identify characteristics of Hamlet using textual evidence.

Use inferences to determine characteristics.

Obj: I can identify characteristics of Hamlet using textual evidence.

I can make inferences to determine characteristics. 

Starter: 

Summarize Act 1 Scene 1-2 in 3-5 sentences.

Vocabulary: 

We will review 5 words as a class, and you will also create your own unique set of terms.

Use Viva Vocab for this element.

You should have 30 words by the end of the unit.

For each activity box use the word in a sentence.

It will go for a grade at the end of the unit.

Hamlet Vocab 

Activity: 

1.  Finish Reading Hamlet

As a class, we will read Hamlet Act 1 1.1- Act 1 1.2

Characters
Bernardo
Francisco
Horatio
Marcellus
King Claudius
Queen Gertrude
Hamlet
Polonius
Laertes
Voltimand
Cornelius

Electronic Copy

Discussion Questions
Why do you think the Ghost appears?

Do you believe that this could be possible?

What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?

How would you characterize Hamlet?

2. Hamlet Characterization 

What is your initial impression of Hamlet?

Fill out both columns of the chart.

Make sure to include line numbers and explain your reasoning.
You may complete this chart with a partner.

3.  Hamlet Analysis

With a partner, translate the lines into a language that is understandable to you.

You may use any sort of style that is suitable for you and your partner. 

When complete, think about the overall mental state of Hamlet.

Answer: What does this soliloquy reveal about his mental state?

Hamlet's Soliloquy

O, that this too too solid flesh would melt
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!
Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Fie on't! ah fie! 'tis an unweeded garden,
That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
Possess it merely. That it should come to this!
But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two:
So excellent a king; that was, to this,
Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth!
Must I remember? why, she would hang on him,
As if increase of appetite had grown
By what it fed on: and yet, within a month--
Let me not think on't--Frailty, thy name is woman!--
A little month, or ere those shoes were old
With which she follow'd my poor father's body,
Like Niobe, all tears:--why she, even she--
O, God! a beast, that wants discourse of reason,
Would have mourn'd longer--married with my uncle,
My father's brother, but no more like my father
Than I to Hercules: within a month:
Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears
Had left the flushing in her galled eyes,
She married. O, most wicked speed, to post
With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!
It is not nor it cannot come to good:
But break, my heart; for I must hold my tongue.

3.  BBC Hamlet Production

As a class, we will watch the scenes we read yesterday.

Pay close attention to the way Hamlet is characterized in the movie compared to the text.

Jot down notes about what is similar and different to what you imagined.

We will discuss this as a class.

Closure: 

Predict what will happen in the rest of Act One.  

Hamlet 1.1- 1.2

February 22, 2016

E.Q: Characterize Hamlet.

Obj: I can identify characteristics of Hamlet.

Starter:

Think back to the conversation you had last Friday for the philosophical chairs 

What is your opinion on ghosts?
Explain why you either do or do NOT believe.

 

Vocabulary:

Copy both of these documents.

We will review 5 words as a class, and you will also create your own unique set of terms.

Use Viva Vocab for this element.

It will go for a grade at the end of the unit.

Hamlet Vocab 

Activity:

1.  Read Hamlet

As a class, we will read Hamlet Act 1 1.1- Act 1 1.2

Characters
Bernardo
Francisco
Horatio
Marcellus
King Claudius
Queen Gertrude
Hamlet
Polonius
Laertes
Voltimand
Cornelius

Electronic Copy

Discussion Questions
Why do you think the Ghost appears?

Do you believe that this could be possible?

What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?

How would you characterize Hamlet?

3. Hamlet Characterization 

What is your initial impression of Hamlet?

Fill out both columns of the chart.

Make sure to include line numbers and explain your reasoning.
You may complete this chart with a partner.

Closure:

Seriously, what do you think of Hamlet as a person?

Hamlet's Ghost Philosophical Chairs

February 19, 2016

E.Q: Justify whether or not the ghost in Hamlet is real.

Support your opinion with reliable evidence.

Articulate your findings with your peers.

Obj: I can justify whether or not the the ghost is real.

I can support my opinion with credible evidence.

I can articulate my research to my peers. 

Starter: 

Free Write Friday

1/2 Page

Double Spaced 

or...

Vocabulary: 

Word: Ghost

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: an apparition of a dead person that is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image.

Your Definition: 

Activity: Explain whether or not you believe in ghosts. 

Activity: 

1.    Philosophical Chairs 

TOPIC 

The ghost in Hamlet is real. 

Determine what it means if he is or is not real. 

Make connections to the id, ego, and superego.

 

Hamlet's Relationship with the Ghost

The Ghost of Shakespeare's Hamlet (First 8 paragraphs).

Find at least one other credible source that analyzes the purpose of the Ghost in Hamlet.

Take Cornell notes on all of the articles.

Closure: 

Did you finish on the same side you started on?

Explain why did or did not change your opinion.