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February 28, 2020

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.

Starter

Ophelia

What's going on in this artwork?

What was your first reaction to this artwork? 

Why do you think you had the reaction? 

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

Vocabulary: 

Word; Literal

Part of Speech: Adj.

Dictionary Definition: taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory

Your Definition:

Activity:What is the literal meaning of head in the clouds?Activity: 

1.   Act Five Scene One

Characters 

Narrator

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.

2.  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.

3.  Graffiti Poster

 Working in groups, using symbols, drawings, shapes, and colors, alongside words and quotations, construct a graphic for act five, scene one on butcher paper with crayons or markers.

Everyone must add something to the poster.

You will get ten minutes to create and then you will present your image. 

Closure: 

Add on to your reading log.