Hamlet Mastery Activity

Your group’s tasks are to demonstrate your mastery of and enhance your classmates’ understanding of a scene(s) from Hamlet. You will be provided with the scene(s), a lesson planner, two full days to prepare, and 20-25 minutes in which to teach. In addition, I will focus your planning so that you know precisely what to teach and I will be available to help you with any difficulties you may encounter with the material.

GROUP MEMBERS:

SCENE SELECTION:

EVALUATION

The presentation:

_____ of 10 reflects true mastery of the scene and its context within the play as a whole

_____ of 10 reflects a balance between literary analysis and affective synthesis and evaluation

_____ of 10 is focused and organized to enhance learning & student interest

_____ of 10 effectively uses dramatizations to illustrate key points

_____ of 5 is accompanied by a thorough lesson plan

_____ of 5 reflects equal and exceptional effort among the group members

_____ of 50 TOTAL

Hamlet Mastery Activity Planning Guide

Essential Question(s): What can Shakespeare tells about our world and how does he say it?

Step One: Generate Ideas

Read through scene together and discuss:

What is the scene about? (plot and character development):

What is Shakespeare telling us in this scene (themes):

What is unique or interesting in the way he tells us (language & literary technique):

What can we say about this scene to make it relevant to us personally or as a modern culture as a whole?

Step Two: Create Lesson Plan

What do we want the class to understand or do better by the end of our lesson?

Plot/Character Development:

Theme:

Language/Literary Technique:

Personal/Cultural/Affective:

How will we get them to those goals? (Lesson Plan goes here – include times)

How will we know if they learned our lessons?

Step Three: Practice Scenes, Gather Materials, Practice and Time Lesson

List materials needed here; check them off as you get them:

Practice Your Scenes & Lesson – get times down.