April 1, 2014 - April 4, 2014 Agenda for World Literature

Tuesday, April 1st:
No fourth period today.

Wednesday, April 2nd:
Break into groups of five and pantomime Hamlet's speech to the actors, beginning with:"Speak the speech I pray you, trippingly on the tongue..." As one person reads the lines, the others in the group act out what bad actors do. You may use props and costumes, if you like. Have fun with this.

For homework: Divide the "To Be or Not to Be" soliloquy into six parts, illustrate the ideas expressed in each part and write the lines underneath as captions.  This will be due on Friday, April 4th.

Watch HAMLET, Act 3, Scenes 3 and 4.

Thursday, April 3rd:
Read HAMLET, Act 3
Discussion

Friday, April 4th:
Read HAMLET, Act 4
Discussion

Your "To Be or  Not to Be" illustrations are due today.
Your Act 3 test will be due on Monday, April 7th.

March 24, 2014 - March 28, 2014 World Literature

Monday, March 24th:
Pass out Act Three of HAMLET
Watch Act Three, Scene 2 of HAMLET
Discussion

Tuesday, March 25th:
Read Act Three, Scene 2 of HAMLET
Discussion

Wednesday, March 26th:
Finish reading Act 3, Scene 2 of HAMLET
Go over key passages, vocabulary
Page 161, lines 419 - 425, draw two pictures: one for lines 419 - 422, and another picture for lines 422 - 425. Underneath each picture write as captions, the lines from the play.

Thursday, March 27th:
Break into groups of five and pantomime the things Hamlet says bad actors do as a cast member reads the lines, beginning with "Speak the speech, I pray you, trippingly on the tongue...." You may use props and costumes with this.

Friday, March 28th:
Perform the pantomime of Hamlet's directions to the actors.

March 17, 2014 - March 21, 2014 Agenda for World Literature

Monday, March 17th:
Go over adjective clause handout
Discussion

Tuesday, March 18th:
Your Act 2 test is due today
Continue HAMLET
Watch Act 3, Scene 1
Read Act 3, Scene 1
Discussion

Wednesday, March 19th:
Pass out Act 3 test
Read Act 3, Scene 2
Discussion

Thursday, March 20th:
Break in to pairs, choose one major character from HAMLET, find and write down what the character says about her/himself, find and write down what others say about the character; then find and write what the character does.
Share with the class

Friday, March  21st:
Work on Act 3 test
Turn in at the end of the period

March 10, 2014 - March 14, 2014 Agenda for World Literature

Monday, March 10th:
Watch HAMLET, Act 2, Scene 1
Read HAMLET, Act 2, Scene 1
Pair up, reread Polonius and Reynaldo's scene and write what you think Polonius wants Reynaldo to do and how and why he wants him to do it.
Act out Ophelia's description of Hamlet's behavior in her closet.

Tuesday, March 11th:
Discuss the Polonius and Reynaldo scene
Watch Act 2, Scene 2

Wednesday, March 12th:
Pass back HAMLET Act 1 Test
Read Act 2, Scene 2 of HAMLET
Discussion
Pass out Act 2 Hamlet test

Thursday, March 13th:
Continue reading Act 2, Scene 2
Discussion

Friday, March 14th:
Pair up and locate all references to Hamlet in Acts 1 and 2:
Find and write what he says about himself
Find and write what he does
Find and write what others say about him
Keep this as a running journal.
Discussion