Welcome! March 2nd, 2017 Thursday 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 

Thursday March 2, 2017 Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 a book was never far from Lincoln's side--even when he worked on a farm, split rails for fences, and run a store. Lincolns law partner ones said of him that he was "a little engine that new no rest. At the start of President Lincoln's second term, he said he would "bind up the nations wounds". Just a few month's later--on April 14, 1865--he was killed.

Journal Heading Name 3/2/17 CP 10 Block # Hamlet Act 4, Scenes 1-3

CASTING CALL! Act 4, Scene 1-3 Parts: Claudius Guildenstern Gertrude Hamlet Rosencrantz

Hamlet: Act 4, Scenes 1-3 Inferred Main Idea: What is Claudius’s reaction when he hears about Polonius? What does this tell us about his personality? Explain. Hidden Meaning: Hamlet’s last line in scene 2 is a strange one. Some people believe he says it seriously and goes with the men to see the king. Others think he says it playfully and runs away, making the men chase him. Which do you think Shakespeare had in mind? Explain. Inferred Main Idea: In trying to protect Hamlet, Gertrude tells Claudius that Hamlet “weeps for what is done.” There is a double- meaning in this line. What does Claudius think she means, and what does she really mean? Main Idea: What is Claudius planning for Hamlet? Do you think you would do something similar if you were him? Do you think his plan will work, or not? Why? Hidden Meaning: Choose one of Hamlet’s “crazy” lines in our reading for today. First, write down the line. Next, explain the double meaning found in the line (the “method” in Hamlet’s madness). Inferred Main Idea: Why can’t Claudius just announce to everyone that Hamlet killed Polonius and have him put on trial? Explain.