Starting today, each student must participate orally every class in order to gain the participation mark of 25 per week (5 marks per day). We all need to make an effort to ensure that class discussions are pertinent and stimulating. Today's class went really well but there were still 4 students who did not add to the discussion. Find a way to get your opinions out!
We reviewed Friday's class and added two board fulls of notes so be sure to borrow them from a friend. Please do not copy the notes mindlessly, instead, add your comments throughout, which is what we did today.
Next, we practiced how to read Shakespeare so that when you are reading orally, it makes linguistic sense. You cannot read monontonously or skip over passages that you do not understand. We practiced how to improve our oral reading. Please ask your peers for help if you missed today.
We read almost to the end of Act 1, Scene 2.
Finish reading the scene. Look for plot but also see if any new images or themes or tones emerge and write down the quote and your response.
Homework:
Read Hamlet's first soliloquy several times. It is in scene 2.
Make notes on the following:
key images
key punctuation marks (dashes and exclamations abound)
tone
For each example, explain what it might reveal about Hamlet's state of mind at the beginning of the play.
We took a lot of notes on this scene as we read it aloud so borrow the notes and read the scene carefully. Take notes on Gertrude and Claudius' characters and explain why Hamlet's first two speeches are one liners, the first is an aside and the second a pun.
Next, look carefully at Hamlet's "I know not seems" speech as it is a crucial one for understanding this character's true nature.
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