EMULATION OF HAMLET’S THIRD SOLILOQUY

To snooze or not to snooze – that is the question:
Whether ’tis easier to rise on time
And 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 face
The early-morning preparations for the events
That each day holds—
’Tis a situation
I 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 about
When we are hiding from the alarm’s harsh call
Must make us stop and think.
That’s the idea
That 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 looks
That early-risers send in my late-sleeping direction,
When they too may sleep in
On 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 which
The gossips discuss
While we stand in a confused daze,
Wishing we had risen on time
Instead 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 in
Is tainted by eye-opening thoughts of lost news,
And peaceful moments of dreams and sleep
With this regard their paths are cut short
And lose the dark in favor of the harsh light.

Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal:  Please re-read where we left off in the play (142).  In script form, please write what happens next.  This can be modern or classic in style.  Please use 4 of the Shakespeare language tricks that we covered and underline each of these.     H= 3pgs CPS= 2 pgs

I introduced you to Hamlet, the video game on the ipads.  We played through the first level.

We almost finished act 3.

HW:  Please finish act 3 and review.  I smell a quiz Friday.....

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal:  Imagine that you could sit down to dinner with any 3 people- alive, dead or fictional.  Please come up with 3 topics to discuss around the table and write the conversation.  H=3 pgs CPA=2 pgs

We watched a Twilight Zone episode that is based on the morality play Everyman.

I gave you the essay portion of the test tomorrow:

Essay questions (30 pts.) H= 3  CPA=2

1.       Choose 5 of the elements of the Hero’s Journey and explain how one of the works of literature that we read follows this model. You will be graded on your specific examples.

2.       One of the main reasons we study literature from different cultures and different times is to learn about the people who wrote these stories down. Choose three values you can identify from any of the stories/ballads that we have read during this unit and show how the story illustrates those values. Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

3.        Please write an original morality play that has symbolic character names and a moral lesson at the end.

4.       Sir Gawain faces many challenges on his journey.  Please discuss three of these in detail.

5.       Some say Chivalry is dead; but in the early works that we looked at, it is very much alive.  Please define the term and explain how 3 characters demonstrate chivalry in one of the works of literature covered.  Please give specific examples to support your opinion.

HW:  Use study guide and review for the test Friday on Unit 1.

Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal:  What actors' would you cast in a modern revival of Hamlet?  For each person cast, please explain what they would bring to the part.  Why would you cast them?

We finished making our Kahoots! review game for Act 1-2

I assigned the next project:

Assignment #1: Hamlet: Grief Session

Directions:  You are a psychiatrist and have begun counseling a new patient recently.  In a 500 word min., two- three page typed paper, please file a report on your findings.  Please use specific examples from Acts 1-4 to support you end recommendations.  You are required to look at all of his soliloquies and dialogue, which should be used as direct conversations given in his therapy sessions.

Please follow the following rubric:

1.)  Start with an opening paragraph which needs to state your overall opinion of Hamlet’s mental state.                                                                           20 points

2.)  In your body, please detail textual examples which support your thesis.   

40 points

3.)  Please end with a final paragraph restating your diagnosis.  Please end your report with your recommendations.                                                                        20 points

4.)  Paper is typed, with proper grammar and punctuation                 20 points        

We continued to look for textual evidence. 

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal:  You can only save three lines from all of the works that we have covered.  For each please explain why each line was important enough to save.    1/2 pg

I gave you time to finish your test review game on Kahoots!

I gave you a study guide for the test:

Please review the following:

Creation Stories

Hero’s Journey

Oral Tradition

Epic poetry

Caesura

Kenning

Ballad

Folk Ballad

Life of Chaucer

Symbolism

Direct and indirect characterization

All the characters from the C. Tales

Morality Plays

Medieval Romance

Stories/poems/ballads:

The Seafarer, Sir Patrick Spens, Get up and Bar the Door, The Twa Corbies, Barbara Allan, Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Everyman

Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal:  Why do you think that Hamlet treats Ophelia so badly?  Please find three piece of textual evidence to support your opinion.                                                       1/2 page.

We revisited the Kahoots! review game and warmed up with a practice quiz on act 2.

I broke you into small groups and asked you to make a 20 question Kahoots! quiz on anything covered so far in this course: Notes, video, the play itself.  Extra credit to those that use video/pictures.

We played the best ones.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We read Everyman on pg 142.

Journal:  Please explain what the moral lesson is at the end of the morality play.  Do you agree?  1/2 pg

Kahoots!  I introduced you to this online review game.

In small groups, I asked you to create a 20 questions Kahoots! quiz based on material covered in the first unit.  One of the 20 can be a random, fun question.

We played the best games.

Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal:  How do you think Hamlet might get his revenge without killing his uncle?  H= 1 pg CPA= 1/2 pg

We looked at the stages of grief.  I gave you a worksheet on this and asked you with a partner to find specific lines that show each stage.

We continued act 3

Brit Lit:

Today:

We read and defined Morality plays on pgs 140-141

I showed you the morality rap:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=morality+plays&tbm=vid&start=10&*

Journal:  Write a short morality play that shows:
A Fight for your soul
Conflict between good and evil
Simple names that describe what they are
You must dramatize one of the two:  Honest ids the best policy or Haste makes waste
CPA= 2 pgs  H= 3 pgs

We broke into groups and I asked you to select the best play and then perform it in front of the class.

HW:  Please have your Sir Gawain assignment completed.