Welcome! February 27th, 2017 Monday Do Now Get your folder from the front crate and find your seat Begin working on your Daily Edit paragraph. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find all 10 mistakes in today’s paragraph. Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

Monday February 27, 2017 Each year in early Febrary, visitors gather in the Japanese City of Sapporo for an event that could only happen in icy cold whether. During the cities Snow Festival, master carvers and builders create beautiful works of art out of ice and snow. Started by hi school students' in 1950, the festival gained international attention when Sapporo hosted the Winter Olympic games in 1972 people from all over the world travel to Japan for this specail event.

Journal Heading Name 2/27/17 CP 10 Block # Hamlet Act 3, Scene 2

CASTING CALL! Act 2, Scene 2 Parts: Claudius Hamlet Gertrude First Player Prologue Polonius Player Queen Guildenstern Player King Horatio Lucianus (Player)

Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 2 Inferred Main Idea: What do we find out about Polonius’s past in this scene? Why do you think Shakespeare chose to include this detail? Hidden Meaning: Why do you think Shakespeare choose to have Hamlet so obsessed with the theater and acting? What might this tell us about his character? Explain your reasoning. Inferred Main Idea: Why do you think Hamlet chose to make the King’s nephew the murderer in the play, rather than the King’s brother? Explain your reasoning. Main Idea: During his soliloquy at the end of the scene, what power does Hamlet seek in his own heart? Then, predict: Do you think he will manage to succeed? Hidden Meaning/Thematic: On page 62, Hamlet continues to sing and act “crazy,” even though only Horatio is there. Do you think Hamlet is actually going insane, or is he still putting on a show for Horatio for some reason? Explain your reasoning. Hidden Meaning: When Hamlet speaks nonsense to Claudius, he compares himself to a “chameleon” who “eats air.” What is the method behind Hamlet’s madness in this line? Why would Hamlet draw this comparison?