5/28/15
Do Now:
- Take out any resources that you have for your
“Hamlet” literary analysis essay.
- Sit with your lit. circle groups
Homework:
- “Hamlet” Lit. Analysis Essay due 6/3 by 11:59pm
- Outline of oral presentation due 6/1
Content Objective: Students will brainstorm the most relevant cultural context(s) and
character choice(s) for their lit. circles summative assessment.
Language Objective: Students will complete the brainstorming graphic organizer as a group.
Calendar:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
25th
26th
“Hamlet Test”
27th
Intro research
and Soliloquy
Study
28th
Computer Lab
29th
Computer Lab
1st
Draft of Presentation
Outline Due
2nd
Organize
Presentation
3rd
Organize
Presentation
4th
Group
Preparation
and Practice
5th
Group
Presentation
and Practice
8th
Presentations
9th
Presentations
11th
12th
15th
16th
“Hamlet” Essay Due
Final @ 8:00am
10th
Presentations
Summative Assessment:
Your Task: Write a literary analysis essay based on one of the soliloquies
presented in Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
• Choose one soliloquy.
Write a multi-paragraph essay that answers the following question:
• How does this soliloquy characterize the speaker and influence the
audience’s perception of him?
Your essay should:
• Have a clear thesis that addresses the essay question
• Demonstrate an understanding of what the speaker is saying
• Explain the importance of what the character is saying in the context of
the play as a whole
• Address specific literary elements and techniques throughout your
analysis of the piece
• Have clear and appropriate organization
Task Requirements
• Outline of Presentation & Works Cited Page –
10 formative points DUE JUNE 1ST
– State your claim that includes three reasons
– Provide evidence from your literature circle text
and an informational text for each reason
– Analyze the connection between these two pieces
of evidence for each reason
– Include a MLA Works Cited Page that lists the
FOUR sources you are using for this presentation
Other Task Requirements
• Oral Presentation – 30 summative points DUE
JUNE 8TH
• Final Outline of Presentation – 70 summative
points DUE JUNE 8TH
• Final Reflection – 20 summative points DUE
JUNE 11TH - 12TH
Understanding the Oral Presentation
• Your group will create a claim to answer the essential
question, How does the cultural context of your
literature circle text impact the choices characters
make? by annotating for cultural contexts within your
literature circle book and researching the most
relevant cultural contexts.
• You will support the claim by analyzing the connection
between evidence from your group’s literature circle
text and evidence from THREE informational sources
found through research. Then, as a group, you will
present this information to the class in the form of an
oral presentation.
How does the cultural context of a work of
literature impact the choices characters
make?
The reasons you select for your claim statement
should be based on ONE of the following options :
1. THREE cultural contexts that affect character
choices
2. THREE elements of ONE cultural context that
affect character choices (this is the more
challenging option)
Today your group should start thinking
about….
What are the most relevant/significant cultural
contexts in our book?
What are the most relevant/significant choices a
character makes in our book?
Most groups will stick to the choices one main
character (the protagonist) makes, but in some texts
the most significant choices might be made by more
than one character.
Creating a claim based on The Catcher
in the Rye: Holden (protagonist)
Most relevant cultural contexts
Most significant choices
Holden makes
• Rebellion against the role &
expectation of teenagers in
the 1950s
• Fails out of multiple high
schools
• Psychological disorder/
mental illness
• Family Influence
• Runs away to NYC &
engages in risky behaviors
• Holden returns home/seeks
professional help
Sample Claim Statement
Holden’s significant life choices are impacted by
his rebellion against the social culture of the
1950s, his potential psychological disorder
stemming from his brother’s death, and the
positive influence his nuclear family has on him.