1. Get Organized Grab the handout (yours to write on)
Grab 2 different colored highlighters
Take out a sheet of paper
Get a pencil ready

2. On Revenge 1625
By Sir Francis Bacon

3. Before we read…
Think about our learning goal… I can draw evidence from literary and informational texts to support analysis (as related to writing an analysis of Hamlet)

4. Warm-Up (Part 1)
Write down 1-2 examples of “revenge” for the following:
Movies
Books
Plays TV
Current events
History
Other???

6. Is it appropriate for individuals to seek revenge when one is wronged?
Warm-Up (Part 2)
Is it appropriate for individuals to seek revenge when one is wronged?

7. Let’s Annotate Write prompt at top of paper
PROMPT: Is it appropriate for individuals, such as those found in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, to seek revenge when one is wronged? Write an argument to support your claim; use valid reasoning and relevant, sufficient evidence from the sources listed below to support your claim.

8. Step 1: Class Read Number each paragraph Read through together
Highlight unknown vocab words
Key words

9. Step 2: Whole Class  Independent
LOOK IT UP!!
Define vocab (Tier 3 Words)
Summarize each paragraph in margin
Highlight quotes related to prompt
?: (ask questions as you reflect on the prompt)
What is Bacon’s opinion about revenge?
Possible quotes

10. Step 3 Groups of 2-4 TT: (text to text) TW: (text to world)
TS: (text to self)
M: (metaphors)
S: (similes)
A: (allusions)
*: (main idea)

11. TT / TW / TS Your group must find examples and then explain
Text to Text – 2 examples
Text to World – 2 examples
Text to Self – 2 examples

12. Annotate the metaphors & similes that you find
M : revenge is a kind of wild justice
S : crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark

13. ALLUSIONS Write brief explanations of why/how Bacon uses
individuals as examples for his essay
Salomon
Cosmus/ Duke of Florence
Caesar
Pertinax
Henry the 3rd of France

14. Annotate the main ideas
Use an * to denote a main idea
Follow with a : and an explanation

15. Remember to annotate with the prompt in mind…
PROMPT: Is it appropriate for individuals, such as those found in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, to seek revenge when one is wronged? Write an argument to support your claim; use valid reasoning and relevant, sufficient evidence from the sources listed below to support your claim.
? (questions)
TT: (text to text)
TW: (text to world)
TS: (text to self)
M: (metaphors)
S: (similes)
A: (allusions)
*: (main idea)
+: (details that support the main idea)
-: (details that refute the main idea)