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December
Dec 1-5 Review Hamlet Acts1-5
Dec 8-12 Work on Podcast Episode
Dec 15-17 WeWillWrite
Upcoming Units:
-Literary Analysis (October)
- Hamlet (November-December)
- Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults (January-February)
- Multimodal Research Project (February/ March)
- Julius Caesar (March)
- Argumentative Essay (April-May)
ACTS 1–2, Setting Up the Mystery Reading Act 1 (focus: ghost, political tension, Fortinbras, uncertainty)
Act 2 (focus: surveillance, deception, Hamlet’s changing behavior)
Mini-Lessons-Elements of tragedy: revenge, fate, moral conflict
How to annotate soliloquies (SMART-E or Notice & Note)
Friday 11/21 quiz on Acts 1 & 2
Preparing for Project Work (Final Project due in January)
ACT 3 :Turning Point Reading Act 3 in full (focus: “To be or not to be,” play-within-a-play, confrontation with Gertrude)Mini-Lessons Dramatic irony Film and media comparison: Branagh vs. MyShakespeare vs. modern adaptations
Evaluating character motivation (Hamlet, Claudius, Polonius, Ophelia)
Project Work Write script/outline for final product. Begin collecting media clips, quotes, or design elements. Checkpoint: 5 meaningful quotes with explanation for project use.
Quiz on Act 3 12/5
ACTS 4–5 — Consequences & Resolution
Reading Act 4 (focus: madness, political upheaval, Ophelia, Laertes)
Act 5 (focus: graveyard, death, revenge, restoration)
Mini-Lessons Themes: mortality, corruption, conscience, power
Archetypes & motifs: poison, performance, doubling, rot/decay
How to use symbolism in a multimodal product
Project Work Start creating final project recording.
Final Exam” 12/11