Unit 3: The Nature of Identity
Week of 11/30
Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions
- How do authors explore identity through characters in works of literature?
- What can we learn about ourselves through a literary character's experiences?
Monday, 11/30
- Hamlet Continuum Anticipation Guide
Skills of Focus:
- Theme
- Listening and Speaking
Homework:
- 40 minutes of Membean this week (80 minutes over 8 days between 11/16 and 8:00am 12/4) - Quiz Friday!
- First Lit Circle Discussion Post due Wednesday
- Read Lit Circle novel by Monday, 12/8; Dialectical Journal due 12/10 BOP
Tuesday, 12/1
- View Hamlet 1.1-1.4
Skills of Focus:
- Character
- Theme
Homework:
- 40 minutes of Membean this week (80 minutes over 8 days between 11/16 and 8:00am 12/4) - Quiz Friday
- First Lit Circle Discussion Post due tomorrow
Wednesday, 12/2
- Lit Circle Discussion Post due
- View Hamlet 1.1-1.4 as needed
- Analysis of Hamlet’s first soliloquy
- Theme
- Literary Devices
- 40 minutes of Membean this week (80 minutes over 8 days between 11/16 and 8:00am 12/4) - Quiz Friday
Analysis of Hamlet's First Soliloquy
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Thursday, 12/3
- Complete Analysis of Hamlet’s first soliloquy
- Lit Circle Discussion (20 minutes)
- Literary Devices
- Character
- Theme
Homework:
- 40 minutes of Membean this week (80 minutes over 8 days between 11/16 and 8:00am 12/4) - Quiz Friday
Friday, 12/4
- Membean Quiz
- View Hamlet
- Vocabulary Development
- Tone
- Character
- Theme
- Finish reading your Lit Circle novel over the weekend
- 2nd Lit Circle Discussion Post due Monday
- Lit Circle Dialectical Journal due 12/10
Lit Circle Dialectical Joural
Due 12/10