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Quickwrite – 7 Minutes. Do you believe that, most of the time, people have too high expectations of themselves or too low expectations of themselves? Explain your answer, considering what the ramifications are for those people who DO NOT meet those expectations, whatever they are. .
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Quickwrite – 7 Minutes • Do you believe that, most of the time, people have too high expectations of themselves or too low expectations of themselves? Explain your answer, considering what the ramifications are for those people who DO NOT meet those expectations, whatever they are.
AP Literature and Composition Mr. Houghteling “It’s a ‘Treat-ed!’ Tuesday’!” 4.30.13
Quickwrite – 7 Minutes • Do you believe that, most of the time, people have too high expectations of themselves or too low expectations of themselves? Explain your answer, considering what the ramifications are for those people who DO NOT meet those expectations, whatever they are.
Exit Slip / Homework REVIEW Read and re-read, pages 29-50. In Scene 1, (pages 29-31) try to identify what Polonius is attempting to discover about Laertes and his actions in France. 1. How does Polonius go about discovering this information? 2. Do you agree or disagree with Polonius’s methods? Why?
Meet Hamlet’s Friends! REVIEW • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern • What does Hamlet want to know about them and what do they NOT want to tell him?
AGENDA • “O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!” Jigsaw • Looking Forwards, Looking Backwards
Jigsaw Soliloquy All: Lines 1-12 Ace / 10: Lines 12-18 (“What would he do…” King / 9: Lines 18-27 (“Yet I…”) Queen / 8: Lines 28-35 (“Ha!...”) Jack / 7: Lines 36-42 (“Why, what an ass am I…”)
Jigsaw Soliloquy • In groups, perform an ANALYTICAL PARAPHRASE on your text. • Look not only at the base meaning of what is said, but also: • How Shakespeare’s specific use of diction helps to establish mood • What we learn about Hamlet from Shakespeare’s use of language
Homework • Looking Forwards Re-read “To be, or not to be” soliloquy. Annotate and analyze, this time looking FORWARD for comparisons to the “O, what a rogue and pleasant slave am I” soliloquy.
Homework Looking Backwards Re-read “To be, or not to be” soliloquy. Annotate and analyze, this time looking for comparisons to the BACK “O, that this too too solid flesh would melt” soliloquy.