Jump Off -- Please pick up the half-sheet from the front table. Read both the directions and the questions.
S. the C. -- agenda/rationale/HW
Instruction -- Beginning the Play...Unconventionally
--mindfully view Act III, scene iv (the climax!) of Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet
--finish completing the half-sheet questions as preparation for discussion
Transition -- show students "Discussion Contribution Rating Scale" and discuss its purpose, form a circle
Discussion -- The Lion King/Hamlet
--finish discussing The Lion King as per note cards, song lyric packets, and discussion preparation sheets
--discuss the climax of Hamlet as per half-sheet, additional queries, etc.
*Mr. Martin will be assessing discussion as per the "Discussion Contribution Rating Scale"
--preview the unit as a whole and the agenda for next class
Transition -- re-row desks, give directions for "34 Second Hamlet"
Teambuilder -- 34 Second Hamlet
--form "acting troupes"
--practice
--performances
HW
--next class, come in prepared to explicate, discuss, and view/analyze The Tragedy of Hamlet
