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Questions on Hamlet's personality, the characters who reflect him, and Norman Holland's view of thought and action.
Questions on flowers and water around Ophelia, animals around Gertrude, and images of disease and decay.
Questions on the two waves of the play, the soliloquies, and other theories of how Hamlet is built.
A student model essay on the images of sickness, poison, incest, weeds, and birds.
Lesson plan for the first meeting of the Hamlet unit. Students get the play and the packet, then read Act 1, Scene 1.
Lesson plan for day 1 of the Hamlet unit. The tense opening on the battlements, Horatio's doubt, and the Fortinbras background.
Lesson plan for day 2 of the Hamlet unit. Hamlet in black among the happy court, Claudius on grief, and the first soliloquy.
An alternate plan for day 3 of the Hamlet unit. The class watches the film, then discusses the advice scenes and the ghost's first appearance to Hamlet.
Lesson plan for day 3 of the Hamlet unit. Advice from Laertes and Polonius, Ophelia's replies, and Hamlet's dilemma over the ghost.
Lesson plan for day 4 of the Hamlet unit. The ghost's story and command, Hamlet's antic disposition, and Polonius spying on Laertes.
Lesson plan for day 5 of the Hamlet unit. Spies, the Fortinbras news, Polonius's long speeches, the players, and Hamlet's soliloquy.
Lesson plan for day 6 of the Hamlet unit. The "To be or not to be" soliloquy, the scene with Ophelia, and two plans to learn Hamlet's secret.