Two short clips for you to watch of 1.5 -- the Ghost and Hamlet. I recommend that you individually click on the links at left and listen with headphones. (If this isn't an option, Mr. O will play the clips on all the computers). Clip 1: Fast forward as close as you can to 33:25 (in Chapter 5) and watch Patrick Stewart as the Ghost and David Tennant as Hamlet. End this scene after the re-appearance of Horatio and Marcellus (line 119 / 40:45). Note the difference in your text stage directions and David Tennant's actions at the end of the scene. Clip 2: This Zeferelli version cuts much of the Ghost's speech. Does that change things? In the comment section, please do just that. Comment on the two versions of The Ghost and Hamlet. Is the relationship between Hamlet and his father different? How do the edits change the scene? What about setting and costuming? Is the scene different to you now viewing it than it was reading it? That's it for today. Your homework is to read the attached essay on the ghost's speech (1.5.34-40 and 59-88). You may print it out in order to annotate it. Be prepared to discuss Camille Paglia's essay. "The Ghost's Speech" by Camille Paglia (from Break, Blow Burn) Format for rhetorical precis with explanatory notes
Article to summarize: This article comes from the book The Use and Abuse of Literature by Marjorie Garber Read the rest of Act I. Complete logs for Acts I.3,4,5. Complete rhetorical precis (typed) if it's not already completed. On Wednesday, we will present scenes. Journals are due. Have a GREAT weekend! See you Wednesday :-)
Screenshop from NY Public Library's free Frankenstein app Go to Box.com and sign up for a mini-research project. (Let me know if there are any problems with the sign up.)
Instructions: Choose a research topic of interest to you. You may work individually or with one other person. Sign up for the topic. Please don't write over anyone's name. You are to answer the reporter questions on your topic: who, what, where, when, why, how. Then you are to package the information into a 3 - 5 minute presentation for the class. Your presentation can be a poster, a powerpoint, a prezi, a video, but must also include a handout for your classmates. (I will copy them if you get them to me soon enough.) When you present, give me a copy of the handout and on the back of the handout, write two quiz questions covering material from your presentation (along with the answers). These can be multiple choice, fill in the blank, or short answer. No true or false. Dates TBA. Go to the NY Public LIbrary link and find an essay to ready. I recommend you download this app if you have have an IPad. It is an amazing free app, but you can access all the essay material without the app. You will choose any of the essays, read it carefullly, and (1) write an annotated bibliography entry for the essay (2) provide a paragraph of commentary on the essay: how it relates to the text, other things it made you think of, etc. Book Reviews Each student is to post their 500 - 750 word book review here (and at turnitin.com) no later than January 08, 2013. By 1/11/13, you are to comment on two posts. Please type your review first, submit it to turnitin.com, and then copy and paste it into the comment box. Thank you. (There are instructions posted on the Class Pages website. I also suggest that you check out book reviews at the following sources: NYTimes Book Review; LA Times; Salon.com.) |
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