Essential Questions:
How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelian tragic hero?
How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
Learning Targets/Standards:
I can read dramatic literature and analyze its conventions to identify how they express a writer’s meaning.
1. Opening Assignment: Answer the following questions.
A. In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Black Knight refers to his amputated leg as "only a flesh wound." This is an example of what?
B. "Nagging wife," "overbearing mother," and "ditzy blonde" are all examples of what?
C. In Macbeth, the wounded captain makes mention of Golgotha. This is an example of what?
2. Finish the anticipation Guide for the reading of Hamlet.
3. Video about the basics of Hamlet.
4. Read Act I (Discussion circle).
5. Complete Act I Standards Focus Graphic Organizer (Conflict).
6. Read Act II of Hamlet (discussion circle).
7. Complete standards focus graphic organizer (mood and tone).
8. Closing: Review
How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelian tragic hero?
How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
Learning Targets/Standards:
I can read dramatic literature and analyze its conventions to identify how they express a writer’s meaning.
1. Opening Assignment: Answer the following questions.
A. In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Black Knight refers to his amputated leg as "only a flesh wound." This is an example of what?
B. "Nagging wife," "overbearing mother," and "ditzy blonde" are all examples of what?
C. In Macbeth, the wounded captain makes mention of Golgotha. This is an example of what?
2. Finish the anticipation Guide for the reading of Hamlet.
3. Video about the basics of Hamlet.
4. Read Act I (Discussion circle).
5. Complete Act I Standards Focus Graphic Organizer (Conflict).
6. Read Act II of Hamlet (discussion circle).
7. Complete standards focus graphic organizer (mood and tone).
8. Closing: Review