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1st 6 weeks 1st Semester

Monday October 27th-Friday October 31st

 Hamlet, continued.

Due THIS lab day: Reading of Acts II & III.

Root words quiz number 3.

One-page response that explains how Hamlet is personally effected by the discovery of his father's murder.

In-Class:   Reading of Acts III, IV and possibly Act V in Hamlet.

Study guide questions. Be prepared to answer questions about acts I, II or III.

Latin Roots quiz.

Assignments: Continue with the reading of the play.

Write up a page explaining whether you believe Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are on Hamlet's side or the king's? Make sure to use concrete details to support your point.

Your extra credit Macbeth project is also due the class before Thanksgiving. Details are here.  Be sure to have it here, even if you're not.

Study these words from Hamlet Act I and be prepared for a quiz next lab day:

1.portentous………Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe

2.invulnerable…….immune to attack; impregnable; impossible to damage, injure or wound

3.malicious…….spiteful

4.filial…….the relationship of child or offspring to parent

5.prodigal…….rashly or wastefully extravagant

6.vow…….an earnest promise

7.pernicious…….deadly; destructive

8.ambiguous…….open to more than one interpretation