Hamlet Reading Schedule and Journal Entries:

February

Sun / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri / Sat
6 / 7 Get the Hamlet text from Media Center / 8 Act I,
Scene i
Journal:
Ghosts; / 9 Act I,
Scene ii
Journal: Death of a loved one; / 10 Act I, Scene iii
Journal: The double standard of Chastity OR young love / 11 Act I, Scenes iv and v.
Journal: What happens after you die OR Revenge / 12
13 / 14 Holiday / 15 Act II, Scenes i and ii to page 109
Journal: scene i--Insanity / 16 Act II, Scene ii to the end Journal: scene ii, Friendship / 17 Act II, scene ii Film / 18 Act III, scene i
Journal: Hamlet’s idea of suicide OR romantic love. / 19
20 / 21
Holiday / 22 Act III, scene ii
Journal:
Comment on Hamlet’s strategy to trap the king through the play. Why didn’t he just take the ghost’s word? / 23 Act III, scene iii Journal: explore the concept of guilt. Does everyone have the capacity to feel guilt? Is feeling it enough punishment? / 24 Act III, scene iv
Journal: Write about the parent/child relationship. Did Hamlet have the right to treat his mother the way he did? Will Gertrude protect her son, or side with the king? / 25 Act IV, scenes i, ii, and iii, iv, and v
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27 / 28 Act IV, scenes i, ii, and iii, iv and v
Journal:
For all 5 scenes, provide one entry: In scene v, Ophelia’s behavior is strange. Comment on what you think has happened to her and why.

March

Sun / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri / Sat
1 Act IV, scenes vi, and vii
Journal: in scene vii, Laertes plots with Claudius—Compare Laertes’ reaction to his father’s death versus Hamlet’s—comment on the differences / 2 Act V, scene i
Journal:
In scene i Both Hamlet and Laertes announce that they loved Ophelia more than the other. Comment on whether you think their treatment of her confirms this. / 3 Act V, read scene ii to page 273
Journal: / 4 Act V, scene ii to end.
Journal on your thoughts about the last scene—consider Laertes’ confession, Hamlet’s last words, what the courtiers and Fortinbras would have seen / 5
6 / 7 REVIEW for exam
Activities / 8 Review
Activities / 9 Review
Activities / 10 Timed
Essay Test / 11 Timed Objective Test / 12
13 / 14 Holiday—Staff Development / 15 Research Paper / 16 Research Paper / 17 Research Paper / 18 Research Paper / 19
20 / 21 Research Paper / 22 Research Paper / 23 Research Paper / 24 Research Paper / 25 Research Paper / 26
27 / 28 Research Paper / 29 Research Paper / 30 Research Paper / 31 Research Paper DUE / 1 (Senior Project Presentations start after Spring Break)