Hamlet Intro / Shakepseare's Sonnet

Haven't updated this site in a while due to a stacked inbox of papers and essays. Will try to post assignments, at least, in the coming days. All classes are reminded that interim reports go out next week.

College Prep 12

• Finished watching Paolini's Oedipus Rex yesterday. Discussed the psycho-social (Freud/Jung) implications of the story.
• Introduced Hamlet today. This link provides access to the text with numbered lines. Daily progress will be posted here so that absent students can keep up.
• Read a brief introduction and wrote down focus questions: What is the purpose of King Hamlet's ghost? Did Hamlet really go mad? Was he acting? Was Gertrude faithful to Hamlet's father? Was she complicit in his murder? Why did Hamlet wait so long to prove his uncle's guilt? Why didn't he act when he was convinced?
• Will begin reading tomorrow. Four more journal entries are due by Monday, for a total of six so far in the curent block.

Grade 10

• Read and discussed Shakespeare's SONNET 18
• Tomorrow: Benchmark #2
• Monday: Poetry exam.