November 13, 2017 - November 17, 2017 Weekly Agenda

Monday, November 13th:

Analyze Sonnet 73
Vocabulary: 
An elegy is a poem, which is bemoaning the loss of something or the passing of someone.
A eulogy is a speech given at a funeral to praise and to commemorate the passing of a person.
Pyre is a large mound of kindling upon which a corpse is placed and burned.  
Finished going over the multiple choice questions for Sonnet 73. 

Checked out Hamlet  today.  

Tuesday, November 14th:  
Watched Act 1, Scene 1 of Hamlet
Read aloud of Act 1, Scene I
Discussion

Wednesday, November 15th: 
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Finish reading Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1
Scavenger Hunt for Figurative Language
Pair up and find as many examples of figurative language as you can in Act 1, Scene 1
Metaphor, Similes, Personification, Imagery, Allusion
Write the quotation
Describe what is being compared to what
What is revealed about the thing being compared?
What does it mean?
Sydney:
Imagery (line 117)
As stars with trains of fire,  dews of blood….”

Do six for tonight for Act 1, Scene 1



Thursday, November 16th: 
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Homework:
Brandy:
Metonymy
Who is Horatio talking to on page 5, line 45 – 49?
Horatio is talking to the ghost.
What is Horatio saying to the ghost?
Who are you? What are you?
He is saying the ghost is in the form of the king and the majesty of their country, which is buried in the grave.

Jefferson:
Imagery and allusion
Page 13
The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm.

Manuel:
Metaphor
Page 9
“A mote it is to trouble the mind’s eye….”
Mote: a speck of dust
Horatio is speaking to Barnardo

What do we know so far:
The situation with their king might be similar to the situation with Julius Caesar. The king rules by Divine Right. God is the one who places the king on the throne and no mortal has the power to usurp God’s right to determine who rules.
If a man kills the king, then he is challenging God’s authority.
When a man kills the king, then nature is thrown out of balance:
When Brutus killed Julius Caesar,  the balance of nature was thrown off.
When Brutus killed Julius Caesar, the stars left a train of blood. The skies dripped blood instead of dew. The early morning leaves and grass glistened with the red of blood. The graves were tenantless and the dead walked the streets gibbering.
Horatio suggests that the same situation may hold true for Denmark.
The Danes are preparing for war.  Why?
Because the rightful heir to Norway has “sharked up a ragtag army of landless men” and the Danes fear that Fortinbras will invade their country to take away the land his father lost to Hamlet thirty years ago.

The ghost of Hamlet the King is seen walking about the earth at midnight indicating that he has unfinished business - a sign that nature has been thrown off balance. The ghost will not talk to the watchmen but he may talk to Hamlet, his son.






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