Hamlet V.ii / Antony's Funeral Speech

Grade 12

• V.ii 1-208
• Question to be discussed next time: Why Osric? What's Shakepeare's point with this character?

Grade 10

• Went over the Antony Funeral Oration assignment. Students had an opportunity to earn more points.

Hamlet V.i, Continued / Julius Caesar IV.iii

Grade 12

• Review.
• V.i.224-319 (end of scene)
• Great discussion on the multiple layers of this important section of this scene (Ophelia's funeral).
• Questions: What inspires Hamlet's behavior? Is he being genuine? How do you know? What is the nature of Hamlet's behavior? What has been revealed about Laertes? Why does Hamlet seem confused by Laertes' anger?
• Summary and analysis:  LINK
• Text and translation: LINK

Grade 10

• IV.ii review
• IV.iii - to the end.
• What has been revealed about Cassius?
• How is this scene similar to II.i.234-309? (Conversation between Portia and Brutus)
• Text and translation:  LINK
• Summary and analysis: LINK

Hamlet V.i, Continued / Julius Caesar Act IV.ii

Five week reports go out next week. There's only a marking period and a half left in the school year.

Grade 12

• Reminder about citing details for a dramatic work. Example: The skull the gravedigger hands to Hamlet belonged to Yorick, the king's jester (V.i.186-7). Citation can also be written as (5.1.186-7) Specific references to the play need a specific citation.
• Reviewed the beginning of the scene and compared the gravedigger's comments about Ophelia to Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' soliloquoy. Also noted the situational irony of the scene.
• Read and discussed V.i.168-223
• Hamlet's thoughts about death, since the death of Polonius, have become focused on the decay of the body instead of some uncertain afterlife, as is indicated by his thouughts about Yorick, Alexander and Caesar.

Grade 10

• Review IV.i. Further discussed the development of Antony's character.
• Read IV.ii
• What is Shakespeare's point in this short scene? What do you learn about the character of Cassius?

Hamlet V.i, Continued / Julius Caesar Act IV.i

Grade 12

• In groups, discuss and add to yesterday's summary and analysis. Then report to larger group.
• Distributed unit essay questions.
• Group A journals due the Tuesday after break. (2/28)

Grade 10

• Journal: Writing activity on page 404.
• Read "Conflict" and "Look for" on page 404.
• Read, discuss, summarize and analyze literary elements for IV.i.
• Text and translation: LINK
• Summary and analysis: LINK

Hamlet V.i / Julius Caesar Act III Quiz

Grade 12

• Discussed analysis expectations further:
• Read and discuss V.1 up to line 167

Grade 10

• Quiz on Act III

Hamlet Act IV Video / Julius Caesar Act III video

Grade 12

• Went over Act III quiz
• Started Act IV video
• Will finish tomorrow, start quiz
• Collected group B journals

Grade 10

• Went over Act II quiz
• Started  Act III video
• Will finish tomorrow, start quiz

Hamlet IV.vii / Julius Caesar III.iii

Grade 12

• Review
• Finish scene iv; summary, analysis
• How does Ophelia's situation parallel and, in a sense, complete on of Hamlet's "inactions?"
• Summary and analysis: LINK
• Text and translation: LINK

Grade 10

• Review
• Summarize and anlayze scene ii.
• Read, summarize and analyze scene iii.
• Finish Funeral Oration activity
• Text and translation: LINK
• Summary and analysis: LINK

Hamlet IV.v.vi.vii / Julius Caesar III.ii

Grade 12

• Finished IV.v and vi
• IV.vii to line 144
• Ophelia and Laertes are both reacting to their father's murder. Compare theirs to Hamlet's.
• What can you assume about Hamlet's return to Denmark? Anything sketchy about the encounter with the pirates?

Grade 10

• Review: What is verbal irony?
• III.ii to the end.
• How does Antony manipulate the crowd?
• Begin activity: Highlight every line in Antony's Funeral Oration in which he's being ironic. (We'll summarize and analyze in notebooks on Monday.)

Hamlet IV.iv.v / Julius Caesar III.i

Grade 12

• IV.iv: What is theme of Hamlet's soliloquy?
• IV.v: How do Ophelia and Lartes react to the death of their father? Contrast Laertes and Hamlet.
• Summary and analysis: LINK
• Text and translation: LINK

Grade 10

• Pd. 5: III.i: Lines 179 to 297. (end of scene). What do you learn about Antony?
• Pd. 8: III.i: Lines 254-297 (end of scene).
• Text and translation: LINK
• Summary and analysis: LINK

Hamlet IV.i.ii.iii / JC III.i 122 - 183

Grade 12

• Review
• Begin Act IV with scenes i, ii and iii.
• Notes and anlysis for each scene.
• Summary and analysis: LINK
• Text and translation: LINK

Grade 10

• Review
• Do notes and literary elements for yesterdays reading:
• III.i Lines 1 – 121
  Summary:
  • Artimedorus and the soothsayer fail to warn Caesar.
  • Popilius gives Cassius the idea he knows about the plot. Cassius almost panics.
  • In the senate chamber, Metellus begs Caesar to pardon his brother.
  • C. refuses. Says no one can change his mind.
  • All the conspirators support Metellus, gather around C.
  • C. is killed.
  • Brutus has the consp. Wash their hands in blood.
  • The city is in a panic.
  Lit. El.
  • Imagery: bloody scene, enhances the shock
  • Plot: murder of C. drives the rest of the story
  • Mood: excitement, fear
  • Irony: right after Caesar describes himself as mighty and unmovable, he’s killed
• Read III.1 Lines 122 to 183
• Text and translation: LINK
• Summary and analysis: LINK

Hamlet Act III Quiz / The Death of Caesar (III.i)

Grade 12

• Quiz,
• Collect journals

Grade 10

• Journal: Compare Portia and Calpurnia and their relationships with their husbands.
• Begin Act III, i lines 1-121
• collect notebooks

Hamlet Act III Video / Julius Caesar Act II Quiz

Grade 12

• Finished Act III video, with attention to the parallels between Hamlet's encounter with his mother and his encounter with Ophelia.
• Quiz and notebook check tomorrow. Notes should follow the list below:
• 1) i: 1-98
  2) i: 99-203
  3) ii: 1-97
  4) ii: 98-169
  5) ii: 170-296
  6) ii: 297-432
  7) iii: 1-76 (pds 3&5)
  8) iii: 1-103 (pd 1) 77-103 (pds 3 & 5)
  9) iv: 1-120
  10) iv: 121 - 240
  
  Grade 10
• Act II quiz
• Notebook check tomorrow

Hamlet III.iv / Julius Caesar II.iii

Grade 12

• Reminder: Group A journals due on Tuesday!
• Finished scene iv. Will view Act III tomorrow, quiz on Monday. I will also be checking Act III notes for a major grade.
• Summary and analysis: LINK
• Text and translation: LINK

Grade 10

• Review yesterday's reading; discuss literary elements: plot, suspense, character development, foreshadowing
• Finish Act II, scene iv; beginning to end
• Summary and analysis.
• Go over Act I quiz.
• Text and translation: LINK
• Summary and analysis: LINK

Hamlet III.iii-iv / Julius Caesar II.ii-iii

Grade 12

• Pd. 1: scene iii, 1-103
• Pd.s 3 & 5: scene iii, 77-103
• Summary/analysis
• All: Scene iv 1-120 (end at the entry of the Ghost)
• Summary/analysis

Grade 10

• Journ: What is Cassius' fatal flaw? Prove it!
• II.ii-iii (both scenes completed)
• Summary/analysis