Brit Lit 2019: January 2019

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Hamlet 1.4-1.5

February 1, 2019

Standards:

RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly engaging.

RL.11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem, evaluating how each version interprets the source text.

Obj: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in Hamlet and analyze the impact of specific word choices and how they depict the human condition.

I can analyze multiple interpretations of Hamlet and evaluate how each source is interpreted.

Starter:

Free Write Friday

Create a half page, double spaced entry in your free write folder.

Vocabulary:

Word: Allusion

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: an implied or indirect reference especially in literature

Your Definition:

Activity: Create or find another example of allusion.

Activity

1. Hamlet 1.4-1.5

Audiobook Hamlet Act One.
Follow along with the play at your seat.

start audio at 34:20-end

Characters

Hamlet

Horatio

Marcellus

Ghost

Discussion Questions

Interpret what the ghost tells Hamlet.

Support whether or not the ghost has good intentions.

At the end of Act One, determine if you believe the ghost is real or make believe.

Infer what Hamlet's mental state is based on the way he speaks and the language he uses.

If you were Hamlet, what would you do next?

2. TPEQEA

Respond to the following prompt based on ideas in act one of Hamlet.

Analyze and explain an aspect of the human condition revealed through any of the characters in Hamlet.

Your quote should be an example of figurative language that connects to the big idea.

We will continue to work on this next week.

It will be due on Wednesday, February 6.

Closure

Create your last two entries in your reading log for act one.

Note:
We will perform the skits and watch the Royal Shakespeare Company's production on Monday.

Hamlet 1.3

January 31, 2019

Standards:

RL.11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem, evaluating how each version interprets the source text.

Obj: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in Hamlet and analyze the impact of specific word choices and how they depict the human condition.

I can analyze multiple interpretations of Hamlet and evaluate how each source is interpreted.

Starter:

Hamlet Analysis Continued

With a partner, complete the Hamlet Figurative Language 1.2 activity.

Make a copy of the document and move it to your assignment folder.

First, identify five different examples of figurative language used in the speech and analyze the meaning.

Then, translate the speech into modern day language that is familiar to you.

You may use any sort of style that is suitable for you and your partner.

When complete, think about the big idea.

Answer: What does this soliloquy reveal about his human condition?

Figurative Language

Use the link above to help define unfamiliar terms.

You will have the first ten minutes of class to work on this.

If you do not finish this in the time provided it should be completed for homework.

It is due tomorrow, February 1.

Vocabulary:

Word: Allusion

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: an implied or indirect reference especially in literature

Your Definition:

Activity: Create or find another example of allusion.

Activity:

1. Hamlet 1.3

Characters

Laertes

Ophelia

Polonius

Discussion Questions

What is the relationship between Ophelia and Hamlet?

Analyze the advice Laertes and Polonius give Ophelia.

What are they really concerned about?

What advice does Polonius give to Laertes and what is the purpose of such advice?

What does this reveal about the human condition?

2. Skits

Divide yourself into groups of three.

You will have ten to fifteen minutes to prepare a modern version of this scene.

Determine a parallel situation and create a script that portrays these ideas.

In your script you must include at least TWO examples of figurative language.

Your skit should only be 1-2 minutes long.

Every person should contribute to creating the dialogue and acting

3. BBC Hamlet Production

As a class, we will watch the scenes we read.

Pay close attention to the way Hamlet is characterized in the movie compared to the text.

Jot down notes about what is similar and different to what you imagined.

We will discuss this as a class.

Closure

Create a second entry in your reading log.

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

1.1 and 1.2 Continued

January 30, 2019

Standards:

RL.11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem, evaluating how each version interprets the source text.

Obj: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in Hamlet and analyze the impact of specific word choices and how they depict the human condition.

I can analyze multiple interpretations of Hamlet and evaluate how each source is interpreted.

Starter:

What does 1.1-1.2 reveal about the complexities of being human?

Provide at least one example and explain how it connects to the human condition.

Vocabulary:

Word: Assonance

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: : relatively close juxtaposition of similar sounds especially of vowels (as in "rise high in the bright sky")

Your Definition:

Activity: Create or find another example of assonance.

Activity:

1. BBC Hamlet Production

As a class, we will watch the scenes we read.

Pay close attention to the way Hamlet is characterized in the movie compared to the text.

Jot down notes about what is similar and different to what you imagined.

We will discuss this as a class.

2. Hamlet Analysis

With a partner, complete the Hamlet Figurative Language 1.2 activity.

Make a copy of the document and move it to your assignment folder.

First, identify five different examples of figurative language used in the speech and analyze the meaning.

Then, translate the speech into modern day language that is familiar to you.

You may use any sort of style that is suitable for you and your partner.

When complete, think about the big idea.

Answer: What does this soliloquy reveal about his human condition?

Figurative Language

Use the link above to help define unfamiliar terms.

Hamlet's Soliloquy

O, that this too too solid flesh would melt
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!
Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Fie on't! ah fie! 'tis an unweeded garden,
That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
Possess it merely. That it should come to this!
But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two:
So excellent a king; that was, to this,
Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth!
Must I remember? why, she would hang on him,
As if increase of appetite had grown
By what it fed on: and yet, within a month--
Let me not think on't--Frailty, thy name is woman!--
A little month, or ere those shoes were old
With which she follow'd my poor father's body,
Like Niobe, all tears:--why she, even she--
O, God! a beast, that wants discourse of reason,
Would have mourn'd longer--married with my uncle,
My father's brother, but no more like my father
Than I to Hercules: within a month:
Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears
Had left the flushing in her galled eyes,
She married. O, most wicked speed, to post
With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!
It is not nor it cannot come to good:
But break, my heart; for I must hold my tongue.

Closure:

Complete one task for your reading log.

Monday, January 28, 2019

Hamlet Act One, Scenes One-Two

January 29, 2019

Standards:

Obj: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in Hamlet and analyze the impact of specific word choices and how they depict the human condition.

Starter:

Figurative Language Flocabulary

As you are listening, keep a list of the different types of figurative language described.

Vocabulary:

Word: Figurative Language

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: language that uses words in ways that deviate from their literal interpretation to achieve a more complex or powerful effect.

Your Definition:

Activity: Complete the Google Form on Figurative Language.

Activity:

1. Reading Logs

For each ACT, you will be responsible for creating THREE entries for your reading log.

Use the seven different options provided on the handout to develop your log.

This will be collected and graded for credit at the end of the unit.

2. Read Hamlet

As a class, we will read Hamlet Act 1 1.1- Act 1 1.2

Characters
Bernardo
Francisco
Horatio
Marcellus
King Claudius
Queen Gertrude
Hamlet
Polonius
Laertes
Voltimand
Cornelius

Discussion Questions

What is the setting and mood?
Why do you think the Ghost appears? Do you believe that this could be possible?

How does Horatio compare to the other guards?

What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?

How would you characterize Hamlet?

What is revealed about the human condition?

3. Hamlet Analysis

With a partner, complete the Hamlet Figurative Language 1.2 activity.

Make a copy of the document and move it to your assignment folder.

First, identify five different examples of figurative language used in the speech and analyze the meaning.

Then, translate the speech into modern day language that is familiar to you.

You may use any sort of style that is suitable for you and your partner.

When complete, think about the big idea.

Answer: What does this soliloquy reveal about his human condition?

Figurative Language

Use the link above to help define unfamiliar terms.

Hamlet's Soliloquy

4. BBC Hamlet Production

As a class, we will watch the scenes we read.

Pay close attention to the way Hamlet is characterized in the movie compared to the text.

Jot down notes about what is similar and different to what you imagined.

We will discuss this as a class.

Closure:

Complete one task for your reading log.

Friday, January 25, 2019

Benchmark 1/28

January 28, 2019

Standards

RL.11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama.

RL.11-12.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to construct specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its effect on the reader.

RI.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

W.11-12.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

Obj: Demonstrate depth of knowledge through benchmark testing on standards posted above.

Starter:

In a study published in the journal PLoS ONE, psychological scientists from Hiroshima University in Japan demonstrated that “cute” pictures of baby animals, including puppies and kittens, can have powerful effects on attention and concentration. (psychologicalscience.org)

Find an image to post in your starter and write yourself a positive note.

Activity:

1. Benchmark 1/28

usatestprep.com

Click on the link above.

The school ID is lee59.

If you need help with your username and password please let me know.

You will then see the assignment labeled benchmark 1/28.

Complete all the multiple choice questions and free response.

You have the entire class period to complete the test and it must be submitted before you leave.

You are required to receive a minimum score of 80%.

If you do not receive this the first time, please take it again.

If you do not receive an 80% the second time, remediation will be offered later this week.

These attempts must be completed by 2/1 and need to be supervised.

Make sure that you schedule time during your lunch or after school if you want to try a second attempt.

Remediation will be posted at 3:30 Friday, February 1.

Closure:

Tomorrow we will start to read Hamlet.

What is one thing you are curious about before you read?

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Archetype Socratic Seminar Alternate Assignment

January 25, 2019

If you were absent or unsatisfied by your score and spoke you may complete the alternate assignment for up to 100%.

If you were present for the seminar but did not speak you may complete the alternate assignment for up to 80%.

Original Topic

Archetypes

Driving Questions:

What archetypal patterns persist over time in a variety of cultures?

What explains these universal patterns, and how might they inform our approach to understanding ourselves and the world around us?

Alternate Assignment

Based on the prompt, create your own HOT question.

Then, answer your question in a TPEQEA paragraph.

You MUST include a QUOTE in your response.

Due: Friday, February 1.

Introduction to Hamlet

January 25, 2019

Standard

SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11–12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Obj: I can initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions on the human condition.

Starter:

Free Write Friday

Create a half page, double spaced free write.