DECEMBER 12, 2011 – DECEMBER 16, 2011

WEEKLY AGENDA FOR A.P. ENGLISH LITERATURE

Monday, December 12h:

Break into pairs and analyze Act 2, Scene 2; page 97; lines 246 – 255; the scene between Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern discussing fortune. Some questions you may wish to ask are: What is fortune? What is fortune compared to? What is the extended metaphor? From this, what might we infer Hamlet’s attitude is toward fortune, luck, chance and destiny?

Skip to page 99; lines 275 – 285; pair up and analyze for meaning and figurative language.

Discuss pages 103 – 105 regarding the children’s theatre, which was at the time undermining many adult theatres.

For tonight:

Read Act 2, Scene 2 from page 109 to the end of the act. If you are not reading Folger’s, then read from the entrance of the players to the end of the act.

Format:

A brief summary

Identify one quotation per figurative language:

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Imagery

Allusion

You must write out the entire quotation. A quotation that is too short or too abbreviated will not receive credit.

You must identify who is speaking; to whom the person is speaking; what are the circumstances which give rise to the quotation and a complete translation of the quotation.

Tuesday, December 13th:

Briefly go over Unit 3 Vocabulary assignment. This will be due on Friday, December 16th.

Discuss the player’s scene. A handout will be passed out to you to help you decipher the text.

Watch the film.

Wednesday, December 14th:

Your Act 2 test will be due today. We will go over it in class. Remember: you cannot turn in an assignment after we have graded it in class!

Act 3 will be passed out.

Begin reading Act 3: analysis of Hamlet’s soliloquy: “To be or not to be”.

Homework: Read Act 3, Scene 1

Format:

A brief summary

Identify one quotation per figurative language:

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Imagery

Allusion

You must write out the entire quotation. A quotation that is too short or too abbreviated will not receive credit.

You must identify who is speaking; to whom the person is speaking; what are the circumstances which give rise to the quotation and a complete translation of the quotation.

Thursday, December 15th:

Go over last night’s reading of Act 3, Scene 1

Watch the film of Act 3, Scene 2

For tonight read Act 3, Scene 2:

Format:

Format:

A brief summary

Identify one quotation per figurative language:

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Imagery

Allusion

You must write out the entire quotation. A quotation that is too short or too abbreviated will not receive credit.

You must identify who is speaking; to whom the person is speaking; what are the circumstances which give rise to the quotation and a complete translation of the quotation.

Friday, December 16th:

Discussion of Act 3, Scene 2.

Watch film

You will be given the tests for Act 4 and 5, plus the essay topics. Upon our return to school in January, you must be finished with the Act 3 test and your reading logs for each scene in Act 3.

If you wish to push ahead and finish the play you may, but it is not required. We will continue reading and discussing Hamlet in January.

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