Final Hamlet Reading Blog

Please read this short article on procrastination and post a reading blog entry.

You should now have three reading blog entries related to Hamlet.

Trials on Wednesday

For HW, please make sure you organize and rehearse your roles during the trials.  Practice, practice, practice (in front of a mirror) witness cards, opening statements, and (judges) order of trial!

Important Mock Trial Documents:
Order of Trial
Common Objections
Trial Rubric

If you need to review any of the witness cards from your block, you'll find most of them posted here.

Poetry Essays and Finalizing Witness Prep Cards

TRIAL PREP - Post your final witness cards tonight to these Google Doc links: BLOCK 1, BLOCK 3, and BLOCK 7.  I will be printing them for your trial teams for next class, so make sure they include all the witnesses, questions, and quotes that will help the character respond.  I will print two copies of each card, so the attorney and the witness can have one during the trial.

POETRY ESSAY MOCK EXAMS - Using the prompts I gave you today, complete two mock poetry essay exams this weekend.  You should time yourself for 40 min each exam.  You may study the poem and prompt before writing, but you should only write for 40 min.  AFTER EACH EXAM, review the AP reader guide and estimate where an AP reader would grade your essay from 1-9.

THE FOLLOWING WILL BE DUE MONDAY:  annotated prompts and poems, essays, and completed scoring guides.

Witness Preparation and Opening Statements

For Thursday, please complete the following trial preparation:

JUDGES - Witness preparation cards for witnesses.  Here is a sample card.  Prepare one for each witness your team plans to call during the trial. 

ATTORNEYS - Prepare opening statements.  Here is a guide for what you should include in your statement.

Looking Back at Hamlet

On next Tuesday, we are scheduled to hold Skype depositions in preparation for your upcoming trials.  In order for this experience to be a success, trial teams must be ready to both ask questions of witnesses and anticipate the parts of the text the witnesses might use in response.

In advance of Tuesday, please complete the following tasks:

1) Listen to this podcast;

2) Post a reading blog in response to your "reading" of the podcast; 

3) Complete a major work review for Hamlet; and

4) OPTIONAL - complete an answer key for the Take Home Poetry Questions.

NOTE - follow up to today's discussion about the equalizing nature of death and the role of the court jester or comedian in our lives.  In case you are still curious, here is an article about the stand up routine lauded by Louis CK and mentioned in today's class.

To Procrastinate or Not to Procrastinate

For Wednesday, please write a blog entry comparing J. Alfred Prufrock with Hamlet.  Your focus in this entry should be on your analytic body paragraph writing.

If you need a reminder of what a great analytic body paragraph contains, review this link.