1. Reminders 10/9/17 Vocab Quiz 8 – Thursday, 10/12 (Early Release Day)
Need a copy of A Thousand Splendid Suns (by Khaled Hosseini) by Monday, October 16 – that’s this Monday!
**Coming up:
This Friday, Oct. 13 – In Class Essay test for Othello
next Monday, Oct. 16 – Othello Unit Test – M.C.

2. Voice Lesson: Diction #6
Read and think:
Write about it:
How well I recollect the kind of day it was! I smell the fog that hung about the place; I see the hoary frost, ghostly, through it; I feel my rimy hair fall clammy on my cheek; I look along the dim perspective of the schoolroom, with a sputtering candle here and there to light up the foggy morning, and the breath of the boys wreathing and smoking in the raw cold as they blow upon their fingers, and tap their feet upon the floor.
-- Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
What words help you understand that the room was cold and dark? Make two lists – one for words that tell you the room was cold and one for words that tell you the room was dark.
What is a sputtering candle? How does describing the candle help you understand the feeling of the whole room?

3. othello Close Reading Practice #1(pair/grade for bonus)
Dying Lines Discussion
Revisit the lines of each character that dies plus Iago. What do they reveal about the character? How does it match/reflect their character thus far?
Work on characterization CEI
Draft / workshop interpretation

4. Hamlet Soliloquy
Film Comparison

5. Directed by and starring Laurence Olivier (1948)
What does zooming in on Hamlet’s brain suggest about the “To be” soliloquy?
The speech is delivered partly in voiceover and partly aloud. What is the effect of this?
How does the setting, on the castle ramparts above the sea, contribute to the film’s interpretation of the soliloquy?

6. Directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh (1996)
Hamlet delivers his soliloquy to his reflection in the mirror. What does this suggest about the speech?
The mirror is a double mirror, with Claudius and Polonius watching from the other side. What does this suggest?
Branagh’s version is the only one of these three to place “To be” where it occurs in the text, in the midst of the “nunnery scene” in which Claudius and Polonius spy on him as he berates Ophelia. What difference does this make?

7. Directed by Michael Almereyda; starring Ethan Hawke (2000)
How does the setting, a Blockbuster store, contribute to the film’s interpretation of the soliloquy?
More specifically, how does Hamlet’s placement in the “Action” aisle comment on the speech?
Hamlet speaks aloud to himself in a public place. What is the effect of this, especially in contrast to Olivier’s and Branagh’s treatments?

8. Activator – Select three sentences starters and reflect on our film analysis exercise.
I learned…
I realized…
I noticed…
I hope…
I was reminded…
I felt…
I was surprised…
It would have been better if…
Next time…

9. Review of CEI Claims: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejiDVPh6D6E
Evidence:
Interpretation: