frozen in time

Frozen as re-imagined from the neo-Golden era of gaming...

hamlet characters & act i scene i vid

You can see more (including the entire script of the play) on the Hamlet page. If you find more/better resources elsewhere, please share!

hamlet character map

period 6 please note

Yes, I know there is a College Fair today.  (I posted about it here.)

And yes, our study of Hamlet will begin as planned. 

If you are not in class today, please complete the homework as assigned and come back tomorrow (Wednesday) prepared to discuss.

Thank you.

october 14

JOURNAL TOPIC:
What does this video suggest about motivation and talent?  How can we meaningfully describe the passion and dedication with which this young man learns or his teachers teach?  Why is this video so moving in a world in which institutions breed cynics who come to believe there is nothing worthwhile about learning apart from the grade or the diploma?  Would you rather [hire/admit/reward] a lazy, articulate complainer with a 4.5 G.P.A. or Musharaf?




AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Intro to Hamlet: Act I Scene i

HW:
1. Post vocabulary definitions and sentences to your course blog.
2. Research Hamlet online and answer the following questions (with citations for any website you consult and/or quote) in comments to this post: 1)What is the play about? 2)Why is interpreting the play such a challenge? Why doesn't everyone agree on what the play "says" or  "means"?
3. Find at least three other learning communities that are studying Hamlet (in an AP class, a college/university course, or independently).  Introduce yourself and use the principles of "The Art of Hosting Good Conversations Online" to do exactly that!  Report the experience(s) on your blog.

vocabulary: fall list 6

abase
abdicate
abomination
brusque
saboteur
debauchery
proliferate
anachronism
nomenclature
expurgate
bellicose
gauche
rapacious
paradox
conundrum
anomaly
ephemeral
rancorous
churlish
precipitous

october 13

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Using at least three allusions to song lyrics and/or last week's vocabulary words, describe how you approached this weekend's homework.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Blog audit
3. Vocabulary

HW:
1. Please post this week's vocabulary definitions and sentences
2. Preview Hamlet Act I Scene I

canterbury tales essay prompt

If you're doing option a) or b) this weekend, here is the prompt-- and thanks to Lupita for letting me know this hadn't posted!

How do Geoffrey Chaucer's inspirations and use of literary techniques 

in Canterbury Tales suggest the importance of both honoring and questioning 

literary and social traditions?