Hamlet

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Hamlet

• Day 8

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• Standards

• Objectives

• Reading 3.6 Analyze the way in which authors
  through the centuries have used archetypes drawn
  from myth and tradition in literature, film,
  political speeches, and religious writings. 3.7
  Analyze recognized works of world literature from
  a variety of authors a. Contrast the major
  literary forms, techniques, and characteristics
  of the major literary periods. b. Relate literary
  works and authors to the major themes and issues
  of their eras. c. Evaluate the philosophical,
  political, religious, ethical, and social
  influences of the historical period that shaped
  the characters, plots, and settings.
• 2.2 Write responses to literaturea. Demonstrate
  a comprehensive understanding of the significant
  ideas in works or passages. b. Analyze the use of
  imagery, language, universal themes, and unique
  aspects of the text. c. Support important ideas
  and viewpoints through accurate and detailed
  references to the text and to other works. d.
  Demonstrate an understanding of the author's use
  of stylistic devices and an appreciation of the
  effects created. e. Identify and assess the
  impact of perceived ambiguities, nuances, and
  complexities within the text 2.3 Write reflective
  compositions a. Explore the significance of
  personal experiences, events, conditions, or
  concerns by using rhetorical strategies. b. Draw
  comparisons between specific incidents and
  broader themes that illustrate the writer's
  important beliefs or generalizations about life.
  c. Maintain a balance in describing individual
  incidents and relate those incidents to more
  general and abstract ideas.

• Students will be able to
• identify, define, and utilize the literary terms
  associated with dramatic works.
• identify their opinions and beliefs on themes of
  the text both before and after reading.
• identify and record the writing style of
  Shakespearean text.
• compare and contrast the events, themes, and
  ideas of a text to themselves, the world, and
  other text.
• identify and analyze archetypes in works of
  fiction.

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Reading Recap and check

• With a partner discuss what happened in Act V and
  write one question for each scene, either about
  something you are unsure about from this act or
  something you think is important.
• Have your reading annotations out to be checked.

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Act v quiz

• Today your quiz is on a handout. It is open note
  and open book as always. You have 15 minutes to
  complete it.

5
Plot development worksheet

• This worksheet is to review the plot of Hamlet
  from the beginning to end and to review the
  elements of plot.

6
Getting ready to read activity 1

• Before you read about what others say about the
  value of life, take a few minutes to respond in
  writing to the following quickwrite prompt
• What does being alive mean to you? How do you
  assign value to life? What makes life
  challenging? What makes life worth living?
  Describe a few examples that help to show your
  thinking about how people should value life.

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Introducing Key Concepts activity 2

• Create a concept map for life. This will help
  you build your understanding of the many meanings
  the concept of life can have. Use the model to
  the right to explore the ways in which society
  defines life in various contexts.

Concept Life Concept Life
Example Sentence Example Sentence
Synonyms Contexts
Examples Non-examples
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Survey the Text activity 3

• Text 1 Hamlets Soliloquy
• What prior experiences do you have reading
  plays?
• What did you notice about the page format and
  annotations?
• What did you notice about the text structure?
• Text 2 Its Not About the Bike
• This text is an excerpt from Its Not About the
  Bike My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong
  with Sally Jenkins.
• What do you know about Lance Armstrong?
• What is the significance of the fact that the
  book was written by Armstrong with Jenkins?
• What genre do you think this book is?
• Text 3 What Is a Life Worth?
• This comes from the Feb. 12, 2002 issue of Time
  magazine. Scan this text and answer the
  following
• How much time do you think it will take to read
  this piece?
• Have you read anything from Time before?
• What do you know about this publication?
• What kinds of articles are commonly included in
  it?
• What type of people do you think compose the
  magazines primary readership?
• Text 4 Human Life Value Calculator
• Scan this text and take inventory of its
  attributes. What type of text does it appear to
  be? What are the features of the text, including
  headings and graphs?
• This text comes from a site that ends in .org
  instead of the more common .com, what does this
  ending to the sites address signify?

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First Readings

• For homework, read through the four texts for the
  first time and annotate using the following
  codes/symbols
• ! new, interesting information
• ? confused, dont understand, have a question
• I agree with this
• - I disagree with this
• I already knew this