William Shakespeare's The Tragedy Of Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

by Lacie, Christina

• ISBN13: 9780764135231
• ISBN10: 0764135236
• Edition: Teacher
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc

Summary

This manual inspires English lit teachers with ideas for classroom discussions, essay topics, and more to supplement their teaching of Shakespeare's Hamlet on a middle school or high school level. This book serves as a complement to Barron's Picture This, Shakespeare: Hamlet , which presents the play in a graphic novel format.

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Introductory Activities
William Shakespeare's World: Information Search	1	(1)
The Works of William Shakespeare: The Play's the Thing!	2	(1)
The Works of William Shakespeare: A Sonnet's Structure and a Choral Reading	3	(1)
The Works of William Shakespeare: Sonnet 18 Revisited	4	(1)
The Works of William Shakespeare: Whisper and Shout Pentameter	5	(1)
Setting the Scene: A Prediction Journal	6	(1)
Activities for Act I
Shakespeare's Language---Old, Middle, or Modern?	7	(1)
``It Harrows Me with Fear and Wonder''---The Ghost in Hamlet	8	(1)
Allusions! Everywhere We Turn There's an Allusion	9	(1)
Letters of Diplomacy: Writing Formal Letters	10	(1)
Ophelia and Love: A Violet in the Youth of Primy Nature---A Found Poem	11	(1)
Something Is Rotten in the State of Denmark---A Hunt for the Foul	12	(1)
The Ghost Tells a Ghastly Tale: Group Presentation	13	(1)
Act I Review Quiz	14	(1)
Activities for Act II
``Mad for thy love'': Sounds Like a Song to Me	15	(1)
Loyalty and Royalty---Friends to the Rescue (or Not) Debate	16	(1)
Fortinbras' Revenge: Life Isn't Always as it Seems	17	(1)
Brevity Is the Soul of Wit: Or Is It?	18	(1)
There's Method In't, the Madness That Is	19	(1)
Proverbs---Knowing a Hawk from a Handsaw	20	(1)
The Play's the Thing---Role Play the Murder of King Hamlet	21	(1)
Act II Review Quiz	22	(1)
Activities for Act III
Secrets and Deception---Design a Game of Chance	23	(1)
To BE or Not to BE: That Is of Course, the Question	24	(1)
Get Thee to a Nunnery---Go!	25	(1)
A Play Within a Play---The Proof Is Plain to See	26	(1)
Forgive---Forget---Forgotten or NOT	27	(1)
I Must Be Cruel Only to Be Kind---A Paradox	28	(1)
Act III Review Quiz	29	(1)
Activities for Act IV
Is It a Simile or Is It a Metaphor?	30	(1)
For Me, Inspiration Comes from . . .	31	(1)
The Madness of Ophelia and Hamlet	32	(1)
A Pirate's Tale---An Adventure on the High Seas	33	(1)
The Weeping Willow---A Farewell Poem to Ophelia	34	(1)
Act IV Review Quiz	35	(1)
Activities for Act V
Alas Poor Yorick! A Fellow of Infinite Jest	36	(1)
An Epitaph for Ophelia's Funeral	37	(1)
Betrayal at Its Best	38	(1)
O Villainy! Treachery! Let the Door Be Locked!---Role Playing Till the End	39	(2)
The Beginning of the End---Or---the Beginning of a New Beginning	41	(1)
Act V Review Quiz	42	(1)
Activities After the Play
A Persuasive Essay---Is He or Isn't He? The Insanity Issue	43	(1)
Comparison/Contrast Essay: The Madness of Hamlet and Ophelia	44	(1)
An Expository Essay: The Revenge of Hamlet, Fortinbras, and Laertes	45	(1)
Plot Expedition---Trace the Main Events of the Play	46	(1)
Character Review Wordsearch	47	(1)
Courtroom Drama---Hamlet Is Tried for Murder	48	(1)
Whose Line Is It, Anyway?	49	(1)
Fifty-Word Play Summary	50	(1)
Hamlet Review Exam	51	(3)
Answer Key	54