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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:
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WRITE CLUB! Read through and give feedback on Draft #3 to group members.
PAST DUE: DRAFT#3 – A Critical Review due in Dropbox Drafts as an MSWord doc was due YESTERDAY!
Quickwrite #23: 1st Impressions – Zeffirelli’s Hamlet
WATCH: Hamlet 1990 directed by Franco Zeffirelli starring Mel Gibson (scenes 5 – 14)
DEADLINES:
Indie Read
WRITE TIME ⏳ for work on Draft #3 – the review
DEADLINE: DRAFT#3 – A Critical Review due in Dropbox Drafts as an MSWord doc no later than end of day TODAY!
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/
WATCH: Hamlet 1990 directed by Franco Zeffirelli starring Mel Gibson (scenes 1 – 5)
DEADLINES:
Book Talk & Indie Read
Quickwrite #15: Conspiracy Theories – any you believe? what do you think of them? whatever . . .
STUDY: MLA Citation Basics – a quick example of in-text citations & works cited entries
DEADLINE: DRAFT#3 – A Critical Review due in Dropbox Drafts as an MSWord doc no later than end of day Wednesday 3/1
TOMORROW: Write Time ⏰ for work on DRAFT #3
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:
Indie Read
STUDY: What makes a review? Features + watching a short film (Tunnel) and practicing review-writing skills with WRITE CLUB group.
DEADLINE: DRAFT#3 – A Critical Review due in Dropbox Drafts as an MSWord doc no later than end of day Wednesday 3/1
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
Book Talk & Indie Read
Quickwrite #14: Movie Review – pick your fave, or one you hate, or one that you’ve overwatched, or have seen most recently . . . and review it
STUDY: Movie Review “Donna Tartt’s art-theft epic has its wings clipped” by Peter Bradshaw – read it, analyze it, notice what’s going on in this movie review [link below]
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/26/the-goldfinch-review
DEADLINE: DRAFT#3 – A Critical Review due in Dropbox Drafts as an MSWord doc no later than end of day Wednesday 3/1
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