Intro to Shakespeare

Today we have read advice given from a father to a son in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet".

Shakespeare's English is a little different from our modern English.

You underlined words and phrases you didn't understand while reading and listening to Polonius' advice. Have those phrases handy, and click on the link below. It will take you to an online glossary where you can find the meaning to words used by Shakespeare that you are unfamiliar with.

Link to Shakespeare Glossary

http://www.shakespearehigh.com/classroom/guide/page3.shtml

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

Part One: Personal Blog Post

After you record the meanings of the words or phrases you underlined, post three interesting Early Modern English words or phrases you underlined along with the interpretation found in the glossary as a new post on your blog.

Part Two: Personal Blog Post

Research Shakespeare; his life, his death and everything in between. Follow your interests but make sure you have five facts written down in your daybook as evidence of your hard work. Choose one fact that you think is the most important fact about William Shakespeare and post it to your blog as a new post.

Readers Workshop

When you are done, you will choose a novel to read during readers workshop and begin reading until there are five minutes left in class. You will respond in your daybook to what you read with one of the following:

Make one of the following connections:

- Make a prediction

- Ask a question

- Clarify something you had misunderstood

- Make a comment

- Make a connection

If you can not do one of these then you need to go back and reread.