Book trailers & Indie read.  A look at the Shakespearean sonnet.  Quickwrite #21:  create a group sonnet – attempt iambic pentameter.  We will share them in class Tuesday morning.

If you don’t know what’s happening in Hamlet, reread.  We’ll read/watch Act V on Monday.

Deadlines:

• EXTENDED: CNX piece by end of Sun. 2/12.
• “Quotable” Mentions due as schedule dictates – based on last name
• Group sonnets due Tuesday morning – write them in your notebook as QWG#21

Book intros & Indie read.  Hamlet read/watch:  Act IV scenes 5 – 7.  Hamlet recap.

If you don’t know what’s happening in Hamlet, reread.

Deadlines:

• EXTENDED: CNX piece by end of Sun. 2/12.
• “Quotable” Mentions due as schedule dictates – based on last name.

Book talk & Indie read.  Hamlet – read/watch Act III scene 3 and Act IV scenes 1 – 4.

If you don’t know what’s happening in Hamlet, reread.

Deadlines:

• EXTENDED: CNX piece by end of Sun. 2/12.
• “Quotable” Mentions due as schedule dictates – based on last name.

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #20:  Is Hamlet “mad”?  Explain your reasoning.  Hamlet – read/watch Act III scene 2.

If you don’t know what’s happening in Hamlet, reread.

Deadlines:

• EXTENDED: CNX piece by end of Sun. 2/12.
• “Quotable” Mentions due as schedule dictates – based on last name.

Book talk & Indie read.  Hamlet recap.  Hamlet continued – Act II scene 2 & Act III scene 1 with focus on THE soliloquy “To be or not to be.”  Quickwrite #19:  analysis/response of THE soliloquy.  Make sure you know what’s happening in Hamlet.

Deadlines:

• I’ll still take writing for the SIUE contest today! Submit it ASAP.
• CNX piece by end of Thurs. 2/9.
• “Quotable” Mentions due as schedule dictates – based on last name.

Book “trailers” & Indie read.  Quickwrite genre #18:  ❤ love letter (teen TV stereotypes).

Hamlet recap.  Continue read/watch Hamlet Act II scene 2.

Deadlines:

• Submit writing for the SIUE contest to Mrs. C by Sun.2/5.
• CNX piece by end of Thurs. 2/9.
• “Quotable” Mentions due as schedule dictates – based on last name.

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Book talk & Indie read. Hamlet recap.  Continue read/watch Hamlet Act I scene 5 & Act II scene 1.  Quickwrite analysis #17:  Make connections with video clips.

Deadlines:

• Submit writing for the SIUE contest to Mrs. C by Sun.2/5.
• CNX piece by end of Thurs. 2/9.
• “Quotable” Mentions due as schedule dictates – based on last name.

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #16:  Dialogue – choosing two characters.  Quotable Mention Spring assignment overview.  Hamlet recap.  Continue read/watch Hamlet Act I scenes 2-4.

Deadlines:

• Submit writing for the SIUE contest to Mrs. C by Sun.2/5.
• CNX piece by end of Thurs. 2/9.
• “Quotable” Mentions due as schedule dictates – based on last name.

​Book intros & Indie read. Quickwrite#15: YOUR Shakespeare experience.  Hamlet intro & tips on “translating” Shakespeare. Begin read/watch Hamlet Act I scenes 1&2.

Deadlines:

• SEARCH IT!  notebook research due in class tomorrow.  search-it
• Submit writing for the SIUE contest to Mrs. C by Sun.2/5.
• CNX piece by end of Thurs. 2/9.