1. Warm Up 11.2 Get into your groups from Tuesday.
Decide who will perform the following functions:
Read the summary
The part-by-part translation
The sharing of the lines; and
The reasoning behind why you chose the lines you did.

2. Learning Targets
I can use a summary of my assigned scene to help me translate the scene for the rest of my class.
I can respond to comprehension questions for Act I.

3. Translation activity Review! Here’s the order: Scene ii Scene iii
Scene iv
Scene v

4. Review translations
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5. Hamlet Act I Reading Guide:
I;1 Describe the mood Shakespeare creates in the very first scene. What would be lost or gained if Shakespeare switched scene 2 for scene 1?
I;2 What kind of king is Claudius?
Hamlet’s first soliloquy: write an explanation of what Hamlet is discussing in this soliloquy. Choose one metaphor in this soliloquy and explain it.
I;3 List 3 pieces of advice Polonius gives. Choose one that you believe would most benefit you and tell why.
I;5 Interpret the last 3 lines of this scene.
The Ghost commands Hamlet to revenge, but has not said how this is to be done. If Gertrude is to be left to heaven and her conscience, why will this not suffice for Claudius?
Agree/Disagree/Somewhat agree or disagree (copy stateme
After King Hamlet’s death, his son Hamlet should have been given the throne of Denmark.
Claudius is a good king.
Ophelia appreciates her brother’s and father’s advice.
The Ghost’s command for revenge can be viewed as justice/just.
Hamlet looks forward with enthusiasm to his task of revenge.

6. Shakespearean Tragic Structure
Climax
Falling
Action
Rising
Action
Inciting
Force
Denouement/
Catastrophe
Final Moment of
Suspense
Exposition