December Week 3 Dec. 15-19
Dec 27, 2015
Today we….
Took the Act II partner quiz – 35-40 minutes
Copied the “Fever Chart” from the front board into our notes
Today we…. Worked with a partner on the “Fever Chart” to complete proof of mental status [ line numbers as evidence] for Hamlet and Ophelia and shared out answers:
ACT 1, scenes 1-5 ACT 2, scenes 1-2
35 minutes
Today we….
Read aloud ACT III, scene 1 Lines 1-98 ONLY “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy- then
translate 4-6 lines with your partner.
To Snooze or not to Snooze…To snooze or not to snooze – that is the question:Whether ’tis easier to rise on timeAnd face the harsh light of early day,Or to stay huddled under the quilt,And, by hiding, avoid the rays.To rise, to hit the snooze button—No more – and by rising to say I faceThe early-morning preparations for the eventsThat each day holds—’Tis a situationI do not wish to face.
To snooze, to sleep—To sleep, perhaps too long. Ay, there’s the problem,For in oversleeping what events may come aboutWhen we are hiding from the alarm’s harsh callMust make us stop and think.That’s the ideaThat makes disaster of sleeping in.For who really wants to face the 6 a.m. sun,The first period’s quiz,The morning person’s obnoxious cheeriness,The disappointment in decaffeinated coffee,The dance class’s early rehearsals,The overly chipper song of the early bird,And the cold looksThat early-risers send in my late-sleeping direction,When they too may sleep inOn weekends free from tribulations?
Who would heed the alarm’s early call,To squint and yawn through the first hours of the day,But that the horror that something may be missed
while dozing,The unknown events that have occurred whichThe gossips discussWhile we stand in a confused daze,Wishing we had risen on timeInstead of seeking those futile thirty minutes?Thus the chance of missing out does make early risers
of us all,And thus the bliss of sleeping inIs tainted by eye-opening thoughts of lost news,And peaceful moments of dreams and sleepWith this regard their paths are cut shortAnd lose the dark in favor of the harsh light.
Due Monday, Dec. 22nd for a Competition!Example
SoliloquyWriting Your
Own Write your own soliloquy,
modeling it after Hamlet’s “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy
Title it Type it
Print TWO COPIES- *one copy with your name*one copy with STUDENT ID #
ONLY!!!!
Today we…. Worked on finishing the translation for
the “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy Got an assignment to write our own soliloquy – due Mon., Dec. 22nd
Read more of ACT III- time permitting
Read ACT III, scene 2: Start at line 80-144
Skip the “Play within a play”
Pick up with line #253, p.151
Complete ACT III
“Somebody gonna’ die!”