5.1

February 18, 2019

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

Ophelia

How does the painter's treatment of the subject or scene compare with Shakespeare's?

Vocabulary: 

Word: Alliteration

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Your Definition: 

Activity:  Create or find an example of alliteration. 

Activity: 

1.  Character Committee Presentations

You will work in your groups from Friday to finish your presentation and share the information with the class. 

For each group that presents, write down two facts. 

2. Act Five Scene One

Characters 

First Clown

Second Clown

Horatio

Hamlet

Laertes

Priest

Gertrude

Discussion Questions

Interpret the conversation the gravediggers are having.

Explain Hamlet's behaviors in the graveyard based on your observations. 

Analyze the texts comment on death.

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: 

Add on to your reading log.