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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Hamlet III.ii / Julius Caesar II.i

Grade 12
  • III.ii, lines 297 to 432 (end of scene) (LINK start at line 256.)
  • Pd. 3 and 5 also read III.iii to line 76.
  • Review: Who was the play within a play primarily directed at? Evaluate Hamlet's treatment of both Ophelia and his mother. Note Hamlet's treatment of Ros. and Guild. and his sudden shift when Polonius enters. What does Hamlet mean by his final lines of the play?
Grade 10
  • Journal: What is Brutus' fatal flaw? How do you know? This is a thesis/proof activity: define the flaw in the opening sentence, then prove it with evidence from the play.
  • Read II.i, line 234 to the end of the scene. (LINK start at line 242)
  • Discuss then summarize, analyze in notebooks.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Hamlet III.ii / Julius Caesar II.i

Grade 12
  • Seniors! Welcome to your final semester!
  • Group B journals due tomorrow!
  • Read III.ii, lines 170-296
  • Remember! Notes will be graded with bloodier pen next time around! I want to see a decent summary and thoughtful analysis.
  • Go HERE for today's reading translation. (Begins with 'Enter Prologue' and ends on line 255.)
Grade 10
  • Read II.i, lines 154 to 234
  • Remember! Notes will be graded with bloodier pen next time around! I want to see a decent summary and thoughtful analysis.
  • Go HERE for today's reading translation. (Starts on line 161, ends on line 241)

Friday, January 20, 2012

Hamlet III.ii / Julius Caesar II.i

Grade 12
  • Clarification of notes was given. Notes need to be visibly divided into two sections: summary and analysis. Analysis must discuss the significance of some factor of the reading (think literary elements). Summary answers the question, "What happened?" Analysis answers, "So what?" make sure what you consider analysis isn't just summary discussion.
  • Read and discusses III.ii, lines 1 to 97 with particular attention as to why Shakespeare spent so much time describing Hamlet's directions to the player and Hamlet's description of Horatio.
Grade 10
  • Clarification of notes was given. Notes need to be visibly divided into two sections: summary and analysis. Analysis must discuss the significance of some factor of the reading (think literary elements). Summary answers the question, "What happened?" Analysis answers, "So what?" make sure what you consider analysis isn't just summary discussion.
  • Notebooks will be collected on Monday.
  • Read and discussed II.i, lines 1 - 154

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Hamlet III.i (finish) / Julius Caesar Act 1 Quiz

Grade 12
  • Finished scene 1. Reread the monologue and continued into Hamlet's encounter with Ophelia (LINK). Particular atterntion was paid to Hamlet's revelatory comments concerning his suspicion that they are being watched, the question of his sanity and love for Ophelia.
  • Notebooks were collected to check notes. Notes have to be formatted with summary (What happened?) and analysis (What did you learn?) separated in some way. Summary is easy. I am more interested in your analysis.
  • Notebooks and quizzes have to be done by Monday afternoon.
Grade 10
  • Quiz on Act 1
  • Notebooks will be collected tomorrow. All work needs to be in by Monday afternoon.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Hamlet III.i / Julius Caesar I.iii

Grade 12
  • Read and discussed Act III, scene i throguh line 98 with particular attention paid to Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" monologue. (See post below for links)
  • I will be out tomorrow. Here's the deal: I did not collect group B's journals today. Add three more entries for extra credit and I will collect them after Regents week (1/31). Same goes for group A except I will collect journals 2/7.
Grade 10
  • Finished Act I, scenes ii and iii. If there wasn't enough time to summarize and analyze in notebooks, this must be done for homework. (See post below for links.)
  • Watch Act I in class tomorrow. Take quiz on Thursday.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Finish Hamlet II Video and Quiz / Quatrterly Assessment

Grade 12
  • Finish II.ii video. Discuss.
  • Act II quiz.
  • Group B journals are due on Tuesday.
Grade 10
  • Quarterly assessment.
  • Will finish JC scene II on Tuesday and take quiz.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Hamlet II Video / Julius Caesar I.ii

Grade 12
  • Watched most of the Act II video. Will finish tomorrow and take the quiz.
Grade 10
  • Continued with JC Act I, scene ii, lines 132-287 in the book. (Line 133 to 283 on Sparknotes. LINK )
  • Summary and analysis in notebook. Finish for homework!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Hamlet II.ii / Julius Caesar I.ii

Grade 12

Grade 10
  • Scene 2, line 1 to 131 (LINK  to line 135 on Sparknotes)
  • Discuss
  • summary and analysis in notebooks
  • Quarterly assessment tomorrow

Monday, January 09, 2012

Hamlet II.ii / Julius Caesar I.i

Grade 12
  • Returned and went over Act 1 quiz.
  • Continued Act II, scene ii, lines 238-391 (LINK  Begin at line 212 on this website, to "Flourish for the PLAYERS within" on page 15.)
Grade 10
  • Journal: free write
  • Read Act I, scene i. (LINK)
  • Copied summary and analysis to use as model. See below:
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

    1/09/2012

    I.i

    Summary: The commoners are partying in the street. Julius Caesar is returning to the city after defeating Pompey, another Roman general. Flavius and Marullus, nobles, are upset at this. They send the crowd home, after trying to shame them for being so happy over Pompey’s defeat.
  • Lit. Elements:

    Mood: Tense. The anger of the nobles, and happiness of the commoners is laying the groundwork for the story’s conflict. Also, the commoners are seen as easily changeable as they once loved Pompey, but now love Caesar, who has just killed Pompey. Setting: Street in Rome, February 15th

Friday, January 06, 2012

Hamlet II.ii / Julius Caesar Intro

Grade 12
  • Began Act II, scene ii. Read two sections, summarized and analyzed each in notebooks: lines 1 - 182 then 183 - 237.
  • Discussed character development of Polonius and Hamlet in particular.
  • Text and translation: HERE
  • Summary and analysis: HERE
Grade 10
  • Introduced Julius Caesar. Discussed class obligations and historical context, expecially summary and analysis. Handouts will be given on Monday with specific directions.
  • Students are encouraged to use outside sources to make sure they are fully understanding this story. When absent, students NEED to check this site for the day's reading and keep up by reading a good text translation HERE..
  • Summaries, analyses and more can be found HERE. Use this source to add to your class notes in your own words. Do not copy from this site. I will be checking your notebooks and will know if you are.

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Hamlet II.i / Poetry Exam Continued

Grade 12
  • Read, discussed and took notes for Act II, scene i.
  • Note: Modern translation of the text HERE. Summary, analysis and more to help you fully understand this play can be found HERE. I highly recommend using this resource to help you in understanding this story.
  • Note II: I need to keep a copy of the myth projects. Please print out another copyfor me and I'll give you the graded one. If you didn't save it (For shame!), let me know and I'll copy it.
Grade 10
  • Continued poetry exam. Any essays not finished will be due no later than Monday.
  • We start Shakespeare's Julius Caesar tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Hamlet Act I Quiz / Poetry Exam

Grade 12
  • Finished Act I video
  • Too quiz
  • Start Act II tomorrow
  • NOTE: If you missed the video, you may be able to find something decent on Youtube. THIS is pretty good, but the setting is different.
Grade 10
  • Poetry Unit Exam: multiple choice and constructed respone today. We'll finish the essay, started yesterday, tomorrow.
  • Note: Before the break, analysis papers for the poem "Metaphor" was collected. I do NOT have this assignment from TOO MANY students!

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Hamlet Act I Video / Poetry: Unit Test Essay

Grade 12
  • Began the video for Act 1
  • Will finish tomorrow and take quiz
Grade 10
  • Finished annotations and summary for "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day."
  • Began essay for unit test. Will complete tomorrow.
  • Vocabulary will be on the test! You are responsible for 1-30 on the vocab list.