Writing Assignment Due Tuesday.

This MUST be handed in on Tuesday. No late submissions accepted.

Claim it, Quote it, Explain it.

• Choose ONE of the following questions.
• 250-300 words (1 page, typed, double spaced)
• You must use direct and indirect evidence from the text.
• Due Tuesday

Compare and contrast the characters of Laertes and Hamlet.
Describe the different aspects of Gertrude’s character.
Assess Claudius’ commitment to maintaining his power.

TEST ON FRIDAY!! Act 2 & 3 Quiz Review

Review all of your question and quotes sheets for these two Acts.

Questions are posted on a Page at the bottom right of this blog.

Make sure that you have a good understanding of:

1. The situation surrounding Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship.
2. The reasons for Hamlet's supposed madness.
3. The significance of the appearance of the ghost in Act 3.
4. Hamlet's hesistancy to kill Claudius.
5. The significance of the play and Hamlet's intentions.
6. Rosencrantz and Guildensterns reasons for helping Claudius.
7. Polonius' involvement in discovering the cause of Hamlet's madness.

Format: (25 marks)

6 Multiple Choice Questions (6 marks)
4 Key Quotes Questions (12 marks)
5 Short Answer Questions (7 marks)

TEST ON FRIDAY!! Act 4 & 5 Quiz Review

Review the answers to all of your question sheets.
You should have the following:

Act 4 Questions
Act 4 Key Quotes (from Scene 5-7, worksheet)
Act 5 Questions

There is a Page with all of the Act/Scene questions (bottom right of this blog).

Make sure you have a good understanding of:

1. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern: what is their role and what happens to them.
2. The circumstances surrounding Ophelia's madness, death and burial.
3. Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 4, Scene Four beginning, "How all occassions do inform against me."
4. Laertes and Claudius' plot to kill Hamlet.
5. What happens to Laertes, Gertrude, Claudius, Hamlet, Horatio and Fortinbras in Act 5, Scene Two.
6. Claudius' speech in Act 4, Scene Five beginning "Oh, this is the poison of deep grief..."

Format: 36 marks

14 Multiple Choice Questions (14 marks)
4 Key Quotes: Identify, Explain & Significance (12 marks total)
3 Short Answer Questions (10 marks)

Exam Terms

Please go to the Final Exam Links page (bottom right of this blog) and review the terms on the first page of the Terms and Devices list.

Indicate on your list, which terms and devices you are unsure of and we will discuss them in class. You should be familiar with a majority of the terms on your list.

NO QUIZ ON TUESDAY

There will be no quiz on Tuesday. It will be moved to Friday, June 11 and will include Act 5 as well.

Since EVERYONE regularly reads this blog, the entire class should be informed of this prior to tomorrow's lesson. Just in case this doesn't happen, please pass this news on to your fellow classmates via some form of social networking.

Tuesday, June 1

This will be our only class together this week as you will be participating in your graduation events. I hope you have a wonderful time celebrating your graduation from MEI.

Tuesday:

Quick review of Act 3

Act 4

Introduce Group Project:

• Modern Re-telling: select one Act to cover
  
• Photo comic book

HOMEWORK: Read to the end of Act 5 (the end of the play) for Tuesday.
There will be a test on the material on Thursday, June 10

We only have 5 classes until the end of the year, so we must move quickly through the material and begin reviewing for the final exam.

Weekend Homework: Read to then END of Act 3

Please make sure you have a good understanding of the plot and characters to the end of Act 3.

You may want to use No Fear Shakespeare to help in your understanding of the play. Click on the link below to take to you to where we left off. Hamlet is speaking with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who have been sent to figure out why he is acting strange. Hamlet has just called Denmark 'a prison'.

No Fear Shakespeare: Act 2

Use other resources to help you understand the play. Check out what your classmates have posted for Assignment #2: Internet Resources.

Have a great weekend.