Monday, May 16 - Thursday, May 19

Thursday

  1. Mark multiple choice for the poem response section of the poetry test.
  2. 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); trace 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.
  3. Mel Gibson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2TpWsPvgI
  4. Kenneth Branagh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjuZq-8PUw0
  5. Adrian Lester https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLAzfQDS3M
  6. David Tenant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u8OlUS7BhU
  7. Ethan Hawke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Up-oGfiosE
  8. Chart about film version #1 of Hamlet - due Tuesday, May 24.
  9. Sociogram/Character Map - due Tuesday, May 24.

 Wednesday

I was away at an afternoon meeting. I left instructions for how to complete a Sociogram for Hamlet. This work is due on Tuesday, May 24,
Sociogram example


Tuesday
  1. Progress reports distributed.
  2. Returned infographic rubrics with grades for the assignment along with other marking that is on the progress reports.
  3. Continue viewing the rest of  Hamlet: approx 30 minutes remaining (1:05).
Monday

  1. One page to add to film comparison chart.
  2. Continue viewing Hamlet.
  3. Examples of important soliloquies to consider for the film comparison:

O that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Hamlet’s first important soliloquy, occurs in Act I, scene ii 

To be or not to be...
Hamlet in Act III, scene i

Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
Polonius to Laertes shortly before Laertes leaves for France, in Act I, scene iii

I have of late,—but wherefore I know not,—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed...


Hamlet speaks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act II, scene ii 

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