Block, 12/12-13 - Let's make this a tragedy

  • P&P
  • Finish Hamlet
  • Reno to check binders while y'all finish the flick
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

  • While there is no essay on Hamlet, there will be a written portion that will require you to write grammatically correct and insightful written responses that test your knowledge of Hamlet. Your answers should be inspired by both our class discussions as well as your Hamlet journals.
  • Multiple Choice Exam  
    • Reading:  
      • Beowulf - several questions
      • Sir Gawain - several questions
      • Chaucer 
        • "The Pardoner's Tale"
        • "The Wife of Bath's Tale"
      • Hamlet
        • for Hamlet, you will need to interpret select lines
        • Who said it? You will also need to match quotes with several characters 
      • Leithart on Hamlet 
        • the entire PDF on Focus, including pages 151-156, which cover Acts 4-5)
        • questions on intro to tragedy (111-113)
        • journal questions
    • Notes and Terms: From your binder (see esp. the left column of the blog)
      • Know your sonnet terms (also review PDF on Focus)
    • History: Also notes in your binder (see the introductions to each literary period)
      • Several questions on Anglo-Saxons
        • ICRAVN, MCGVR  
      • Several on the Middle Ages
      • Most on the Renaissance 
    • Vocabulary
      • Shakespearean sight words 

  • What will not be on the test?
    • Summer Reading
    • College Essay Writing

  • When do I take my test?
    • Per. 1 : Tue, 12/17
    • Per. 2-3: Wed., 12/18
    • Per. 4-5: Thu., 12/19
    • Per. 6-7: Fri., 12/20

Wednesday, 12/11 - Let me not to the marriage of school minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love
Without the joy their recitations find,

Thus bending in a bow soon to remove.

  • P&P
  • Recitations
  • Hamlet
    • Read this article to understand the flower symbolism in Hamlet. While we have flower symbolism in our culture, Renaissance  England's was quite well-known and elaborate.
HW: 
  1. Binder check
  2. J11 - include in binder 
 See the following re: binder check:
Five things that go in your binder:

1. Syllabus.  I will write your quarterly grade here.  Put it in as the first item in your binder. Next, Four (or more) divisions        

2. Notes
3. Journals
4. Essays
5. Quizzes and Tests

 Grading

    Your binder is generally worth between 30 and 50 points per quarter
    I grade your binder on a given day in the last two weeks of each quarter
    I grade it in class during the period, so you may share the binder with other classes
    I take off about 5 points for each missing assignment or day of notes. 
    I take off about 2 points for each minor infraction (a loose paper, torn cover, a paper out of sequence, a paper in the wrong section)


This has been assigned all year long. Please have your dividers in place and all papers in place. Periods 3 and 4, I have a few papers to hand back that I will give you time to put in your binders tomorrow as class is starting. 

Tuesday, 12/10 - You will nose him as you go up the stairs

  • P&P
  • Study sonnet
  • Hamlet
HW: 
  1. (Wed) Poetry Recitation (both accuracy and presentation grade reminder)
  2. (Block) J11 and Binder Check  

Schedule for the week (12/9-13)