Monday, May 9 - Friday, May13

Friday
  1. Provincial Exam - e-exam or paper exam?
  2. Self-reflection: Hamlet Scavenger Hunt questions.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGPes8KWE0s - Summary of Hamlet - I have previewed it - it is safe.
  4. Film comparison assignment.
  5. 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 conventions that the authors must adhere to.



Thursday

  1. Poetry: Self-reflection
  2. Go to library and sign out a copy of Hamlet.
  3. Hamlet 14 questions - finish share answers.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGPes8KWE0s - Summary - I have previewed it - it is safe.
  5. Summary of Hamlet - Character props  - work with a partner and pick a character from the play. Based on info you find online, decide on a prop that the character could use during at least one scene of the play. The prop must not be something that is already in the play, but it should be symbolic of the character in some way. Draw the prop, but do not share which character you have.

 Wednesday


  1. Hamlet 14 questions - share answers.
  2. Summary of Hamlet - Character props  - work with a partner and pick a character from the play. Based on info you find online, decide on a prop that the character could use during at least one scene of the play. The prop must not be something that is already in the play, but it should be symbolic of the character in some way. Draw the prop, but do not share which character you have.

 Tuesday
Complete research work on Hamlet. Present information tomorrow. 
Monday

Submit your Poetry Infographic to: dadamsonline@gmail.com.
  1. Poetry tests not done? Other room 100 stuff.
  2. Infographic - how to submit. The easiest way is to send the link to dadamsonline@gmail.com. I have placed this address on the blog under Monday, May 9 blog post.
  3. Quick refresher: didactic, epigram, allegory, fable, moral vs theme, monologue, soliloquy, dramatic monologue, stream of consciousness and internal monologue.
  4. Complete looking at exam sections. 
  5. Hamlet! Scavenger Hunt.

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