January 29, 2018 - February 2, 2018 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English


Monday, January 29th:
Divide the class into groups to redo Hamlet, Act 3:

First group:
Act 3, Scene 1; pages 101 – 109
Claudius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Ophelia, Polonius,
Hamlet – “To Be or Not to Be”
Hamlet with Ophelia
Hamlet  with Polonius

Second Group
Act 3, Scene 2; pages 111 – 119
Hamlet with the players, Hamlet with Horatio, Hamlet with Ophelia and the court,

Third Group
Act 3, Scene 2; pages 121 – 127; ends at the Lords, “Lights, lights, lights!”

4th Group:
Act 3, Scene 2; pages 127 – 133; Hamlet with Horatio, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Polonius

5th Group:
Act 3, Scene 3; pages 133 – 139
Claudius with R&G
Claudius praying
Hamlet contemplating murdering Claudius

6th Group:
Act 3, Scene 4, pages 141 – 153
Polonius, Gertrude, Hamlet
Hamlet kills Polonius
Ghost, Hamlet, Gertrude

1st Group: Sandra, Jefferson,  Alejandro, Luis, Brandy, Ronald
2nd Group: Carter, Oscar, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Andrea
3rd Group: Angela, Manuel, Leslie, Cristina, Aliyyah
4th Group: Kais, Allison, Daireen, Roland,
5th Group: Zane, Sydney, Monce, Matteo, 

6th Group: William, Danya, Blanca, Alexis,


Tuesday, January 30th:
Break into groups to begin working.


This is what you need to do:
You may use power point to:
 Summarize the plot
Analyze the characters
Analyze the theme
Identify the figurative language that is on the test
Explain the figurative language
What is being compared to what? What is revealed about the subject?
Then after the power point explanation - You need to make it interesting!
You must:
Act out the scenes that you have discussed in the power point to illustrate what you have just imparted to the class
You may:
Rewrite the scenes into contemporary English with explanations.

Wednesday, January 31st: 

Went over rubric for Perrines and other writing assignments: write with correct grammar and punctuation. No run-ons, sentence fragments, comma splices, etc.
Do not over use pronouns! Be specific
Please read comments!
Break students into groups
First, read aloud your selection. Then discuss, takes notes! First, discuss what jumps out at you. Discuss theme, or character. Take notes. 

Thursday, February 1st: 

Worked with the following group:
Sandra, Jefferson, Alejandro, Luis, Brandy, Ronald
Act 3, Scene 1; pages 101 – 109
Claudius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Ophelia, Polonius,
Hamlet – “To Be or Not to Be”
Hamlet with Ophelia
Hamlet  with Polonius

Friday, February 2nd: 

 Worked with Group 2
Act 3, Scene 2:  Carter, Oscar, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Andrea









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