ENG 3U7

::: HOMEWORK ~> due Thurs, Oct 19, 06 :::

Be sure to post any questions that arise while you are reading. Also, feel free to do some research on your own!

Please complete the "online homework" outlined below:


::: ONLINE HOMEWORK ~> due Thurs, Oct 19, 06 :::

To kickstart our online discussion of Hamlet, please post a brief response to one (1) of the topics listed below AND comment briefly on one (1) of your classmate's responses. A one-paragraph response is sufficient for each part of this assignment.


Please select one of these topics to work on with your "collaborative commentary" group. Each group will prepare a 5 minute presentation for class on Monday.


Act II ---> Topics for Online Discussion and Group Analysis

-:- the dramatic significance of Ophelia's description of Hamlet (I.i.99-112)

-:- the dramatic purposes served by Rozencrantz and Guildenstern

-:- the dramatic purposes of Voltemand's speech (I.i.64-85)

-:- contrast Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras (esp. II.ii)

-:- relate the Players' speeches to Hamlet's situation

-:- prepare a commentary for II.ii.163-237

-:- prepare a commentary for II.ii.163-237


::: LESSON PLAN FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 06 :::

1. You will have a few minutes at the beginning of class to meet with your "collaborative commentary" group and select the material you will post online.

2. In response to your in-class essay self-evaluations, I have put together some worksheets designed to address problems with punctuation, sentence structure, word choice, etc. You will be given 30 minutes to work on this; I will check your progress on Monday.

3. You will have 30 minutes to work on the Act II analysis; you will present on Monday.


::: HOMEWORK ~> due Mon, Oct 23, 06 :::

As a group, select the most important parts of your Act I collaborative commentary; post these points on the Oct 16 entry below.

Be sure that you are prepared to present your group's Act II analysis.

Please make sure that you have read Act III by Wednesday, October 25, 06.


::: NEXT DAY :::

We will investigate the Elizabethan world view during the second half of class on Monday.