Warm Up 11/16 You have exactly one minute to break up into groups. There will be four groups, and you will be working with them all day today and tomorrow. Here are the numbers of students allowed in each group: Group one: 7 Group two: 11 Group three: 6 Group four: 5 GO!

Learning Targets I can establish a foundation for events and characterization in Act III of Hamlet by reading a summary of my scene with a group and answering comprehension questions about the scene. I can perform my assigned scene from Act III of Hamlet with my group. For my chosen character, I can choose one important Shakespearean line to keep for a performance, and can translate the rest in order to make the scene more understandable for my classmates.

Steps 1 - 3 Step one - read over the summary with my group mates. Step two - Read over the Shakespearean text of your scene with group, answering comprehension questions as you go. Step three - Decide who will be which character in each scene, including one director per scene.  15 – 20 minutes.

Actor’s and Director’s work Actor's work: Identify your character's motivation: why does your character do what he/she does in this scene? Write 1-2 thorough sentences in your journal. The more thorough, the more believable your character will be.  Translate your character's lines into what we would say today. Pick one line that you'll preserve from the play for your character. (Finish this step TODAY) Practice with your group.  Director's work:  You are the boss of the scene performance! As such, you must garner a complete vision of what this scene will look like when performed. Write a 2-3 sentence summary of your scene, highlighting what you identify as the essence of the scene and how you plan to illustrate that with your group.  You select blocking, which means that you decide where the characters will stand when performing the scene. Draw a quick rough draft in your journal. (Finish this step TODAY) You approve all the translations and chosen lines of your scene mates. They all must work with your vision of the scene.  You watch closely as your group performs the scene, making appropriate adjustments as you go.