Category: Rhet-Comp 102 / ENG 8A DC

Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, March 7th

Indie Read (Hour 8 – finish last 5 min. of Zeffirelli Hamlet & discuss w/ WRITE CLUB group)

STUDY/WATCH: Hamlet 2000 directed by Michael Almereyda starring Ethan Hawke (scene 1 – 8)

DEADLINE: Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study (a collaborative project due March 20th)

PAST DUE: Memory Book Shorts (3 of them) most recent was due 3/6

Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, March 3rd

WATCH: Hamlet 1990 directed by Franco Zeffirelli starring Mel Gibson (scenes 25 – end)

Quickwrite #24: Hamlet Battle – Branagh vs. Zeffirelli – your thoughts/comparisons/opinions

HOUR 8 ONLY: Warrior Time special meet – more Hamlet (& QW on own)

DEADLINES:

  • Next Memory Book Short (3rd) window closes Monday 3/6
  • Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study (a collaborative project due March 20th)

Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, March 2nd

Voter Registration

WATCH: Hamlet 1990 directed by Franco Zeffirelli starring Mel Gibson (scenes 14 – 25)

HOUR 8 ONLY: Quickwrite #23 – thoughts on Zeffirelli’s Hamlet so far (do this on your own – set a timer for 4 minutes of thinking)

DEADLINES:

  • Next Memory Book Short (3rd) window closes Monday 3/6
  • Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study (a collaborative project due March 20th)

Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, February 28th

Indie Read

STUDY: Tutorial SWIC Database access – specifically JSTOR searches & preview of rhetoric of film sites

Link here ▶️ https://www.swic.edu/students/services/library/

https://writingcommons.org/section/research/research-methods/textual-methods/rhetorical-analysis/rhetorical-analysis-of-film/

WATCH: Hamlet 1990 directed by Franco Zeffirelli starring Mel Gibson (scenes 1 – 5)

DEADLINES:

  • Next Memory Book Short (3rd) window closes Monday 3/6
  • Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study (a collaborative project due March 20th)

Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, February 27th

Read Aloud – Look Hamlet by Barbro Lindgren & Anna Höglund

Indie Read

Quickwrite #22: Favorite parts/scenes in Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh version)

STUDY/NOTES: Conducting Academic Research (make a note page – rewatch video below)

SHARE/DISCUSS: Thoughts from Quickwrite #22 with your WRITE CLUB group. Look for overlap and potential in ideas that you could look at as we watch the next film – Hamlet 1990 directed by Franco Zeffirelli starring Mel Gibson.

DEADLINES:

  • Next Memory Book Short (3rd) window closes Monday 3/6
  • Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study (a collaborative project due March 20th)

Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, February 24th

Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ check-in

SHARE: Senior Sonnets 🙂

STUDY/READ: Shakespeare in Film – “Why do Shakespeare’s plays make such popular films?” by Kevin Jackson & supplement “Shakespeare and Film: Strange Bedfellows” by Michael Anderegg

NEW ASSIGNMENT: Group Rhetorical Analysis – Hamlet Film Scene Study (a collaborative project due March 20th)

UPCOMING: Next Memory Book Short (3rd) window closes Monday 3/6

Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, February 23rd

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #21: The Rules (from Jason Reynolds’ Long Way Down) – Does Hamlet follow the rules?

STUDY/NOTES: Hamlet & the Rhetorical Situation – Shakespeare’s 1605 play & 1996 Branagh’s film

CREATE/WRITE TIME: Continue & finalize sonnets with WRITE CLUB!! Present them to your classmates TOMORROW 

PAST DUE: Memory Book Shorts (1st & 2nd) were due no later than end of day Sunday 2/12 & Monday 2/20 respectively (see directions on the Memory Book Info sheet)

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, February 22nd

Indie Read

STUDY: Crash Course Hamlet parts 1 & 2

CREATE/WRITE TIME: Continue & finalize sonnets with WRITE CLUB!! Present them to your classmates TOMORROW 😉

PAST DUE: Memory Book Shorts (1st & 2nd) were due no later than end of day Sunday 2/12 & Monday 2/20 respectively (see directions on the Memory Book Info sheet)

UPCOMING: A look at the rhetorical situation of Hamlet & Shakespeare as film.