Day 6 HAMLET

Do Now: What questions do you have about synthesis?

Today's Learning Target:
I will be able to define synthesis and practice crafting synthesis assertion based on soliloquies from Macbeth and Hamlet.
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can list similarities and differences between the two speeches.
-I can draw a conclusion based on these similarities and differences and express it in synthesis statement form.

1. Mindfulness activity
2. Recalling I.ii and I.iii discussion
3. Finishing act one 
4. Exit Ticket: At the end of act one, what are we left wondering about? 

HW: Bring your ideas about PS2 and PS3 to tomorrow's class. We will use our lab time to expand on these ideas and look for evidence to support them.

Links to some online versions of Hamlet:

Folger: http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/html/Ham.html
MIT: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/
Shakespeare Online: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamletscenes.html

Sample synthesis from No Exit and "Five Characters in Search of an Exit"

As versions of absurd universes, the oppressively minimal settings of No Exit and "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" seemingly force the characters to self reflect without environmental distractions. In actuality, the bare settings create a situation in which the characters develop a dependence on the others in the room. The tension between these external influences emphasizes the detrimental consequences of relying on others to inform one's choices instead of seeking within.