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.

Act 1 Quiz Review Information

Hamlet Act 1 Quiz: Friday, May 28

1. Have a good understanding of the content of:

King Claudius’ first speech.
Hamlet’s first soliloquy.
The Ghost’s conversation with Hamlet.

2. Know the plot.

3. Know the characters.

4. Format of the Quiz:

Multiple choice (12 marks)
Character questions (3 characters x 2 marks = 6 marks)
Quotes (3 quotes x 3marks = 9 marks)

This week in English 12D (May25-28)

Tuesday:
Act 1, Scene 2-4

Thursday:
Act 1, Scene 5
Quiz Review

Friday:
Act 1 Quiz
Silent Reading

Student Internet Survey Results (Gr.11/12 classes combined)

Just thought you might like to know…

60% of students surveyed in Gr. 11 & 12 like using the internet to submit their assignments. However, 85% of students would also like the option of submitting a hardcopy (mostly in case something goes wrong with their internet—fair enough).

84% of students like having access to their class’s coursework and assignment information on the internet.

29% had some sort of difficulty with submitting on the Blog site.
47% had no difficulty submitting.
23% have not done the assignment yet (I’m curious to see what the rest of you experience when submitting. Please let me know how it goes).

76% of you like to try new things.

Assignment #2: Resource Search

We live in a time where information is quite literally at our finger tips. Internet search engines allow us to access an unbelievable amount of resources. There is a problem though--finding quality resources!

This assignment requires you to do some hunting on the internet. You are to find TWO excellent Hamlet resources that will help you increase your understanding of the play. These resources will be posted on the blog and will create a large Hamlet Online Resource for the entire class to access.

Requirements:

•A reputable source (do not use school projects created by other students please)
•The title and URL of the website resource you have selected.
•A brief description (3 sentences) of the content found on the website/resource.
•Resource #1: Audio/Video content. This resource must contain an audio/video resource
•Resource #2: Textual. This resource must contain mostly textual information.
•Post your information in the comment box.
•Do NOT DUPLICATE another students work. First come, first serve.
Marking:

1. Source-- 5 marks
2. Title and URL-- 5 marks
3. Description--5 marks

Due: Friday, May 21

Assignment #1: Anticipation Guide Comment

Select one of the following statements from the Anticipation Guide for Hamlet.

Take a position regarding the statement. Do you agree? Disagree? Strongly disagree? There is no right answer for these statements BUT you must defend your position with a strong argument. You may use examples from life and literature to support your reasoning.

Your response should be one solid paragraph with a topic sentence and supporting evidence.

When you post your comments, you must also include three pieces of information:

a. Your first name and last initial.
b. Your class and block.
c. Write out the statement you are responding to as your title.

Anticipation Guide Statements

1. Families generally have a member’s best interests in mind.

2. Having a clear goal, and the ambition to achieve it, is honourable. 

3. Power eventually corrupts the people who have it.
4. Revenge is the only way to gain true justice.
5. A person’s immoral choices can come back to haunt him/her
6. One must take a stand against injustice, even if the personal cost is great.
7. A person has to confront death in order to understand life’s meaning.
8. Moral courage is more difficult to accomplish than physical courage.
9. Evil often spirals out of control.

Welcome!

Welcome to the last few weeks of your high school career. This blog is intended to help you increase your understanding of Hamlet. You will be required to submit comments as part of your course assignments.

You will have to create a profile to use this site. You do not need to create your own blog, just a profile.

Click on "Sign In"
Enter your Google Account email address and password.

If you don't have a Google Account click on "Create Google Account."
You must use an existing email and password here (I used my hotmail account without any difficulties. Yahoo and Gmail should also work without issue).