English 12

Thursday Comparing film versions - tell me your plan today. Review blog for rubric.  Who is Hamlet? Hamlet's interactions with others. Quickly finish this activity. Library to work on the compare and contrast film versions. Project is due Friday, June 10. Make sure your daily work on Hamlet is up-to-date.   We will finish up Hamlet next week and then I will collect your daily evidence of learning.  Still to do with Hamlet: look at 2 more soliloquies; review drama terms and devices; drama terms and devices quiz; Who is Hamlet ? test.  The next thing we will look at in class (after Hamlet) is the Personal Narrative Essay. This is designed to help you with the last composition section of the Provincial Exam.  Wednesday Comparing film versions - tell me your plan tomorrow. Review blog. “Haider”  http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2llsab   1:44  Shakespeare meets Bollywood! What???trailer  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Friday "To be or not to be..." word study & personal response - self reflection. Who is Hamlet - Hamlet's interactions with others. Hamlet - film version #2 - Director - Michael Almereyda; Hamlet played by Ethan Hawke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi-rejaoP7U  - Shakespeare's accent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYiYd9RcK5M  - to be in original accent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig6f5fT0Xho  - Rob Brydon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvaUwagX_uU  - Rowan & Hugh Thursday "To be or not to be..." word study & personal response - self reflection. Who is Hamlet - Hamlet's interactions with others. Hamlet - film version #2 - Director - Michael Almereyda; Hamlet played by Ethan Hawke. Wednesday Self-reflection - Film graphic organizer about the Mel Gibson version. Self-reflection - analysis of characters chart & character sociogram. "To be or not to be..." word study - complete the hand-o...

Thursday Mark multiple choice for the poem response section of the poetry test. To be or not to be… 2 column note taking and personal response: Discuss the similarities and differences in the two versions you selected: were lines cut; did it matter;  setting (time and place); props; lighting/atmosphere; staging of scene (movement(s) of actor); t race Hamlet’s arguments/mood/tone of voice throughout the soliloquy. How does this Hamlet think through his question?  How does Shakespeare use imagery, diction, and meter to enhance Hamlet’s decision making process? This work is due today - self-reflection. Mel Gibson  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2TpWsPvgI Kenneth Branagh  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjuZq-8PUw0 Adrian Lester  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLAzfQDS3M David Tenant  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u8OlUS7BhU Ethan Hawke  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Up-oGfiosE Chart about film version #1 of Hamlet - due Tuesday...

Friday Provincial Exam - e-exam or paper exam? Self-reflection: Hamlet Scavenger Hunt questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGPes8KWE0s   - Summary of Hamlet - I have previewed it - it is safe. Film comparison assignment. Begin watching one of the film versions. Conventionally Speaking: Comparison of genre fiction and literary fiction Using the article that we read (Conventionally Speaking) as a guide for your analysis, you must address the following questions. 1.      How do language, structure and style differ in the two novels? 2.      Explain how each text conforms to or challenges the conventions of a particular genre. 3.      Analyze and evaluate how similar themes, issues and ideas are treated in the two different texts. 4.      Compare and contrast the distinctive features of each genre by looking at the techniques and conventi...