8th Period: English IV-Gonzalez & Sells 003 Assignments

Complete ONE of these sections THOROUGHLY for MAX 20 classwork/student agency points.

Post ONE question to the “Bloodchild” or Chapter 4 discussion on Classroom.

Then, answer someone else’s question using your opinion, knowledge, and evidence from the text.
Remember to use QUOTES!

Post your 2 discussion questions from your discussion prep.

You will answer one of these on Monday using flipgrid.

Post ONE question to the “Marriage of the Red Fish” discussion on Classroom.

Then, answer someone else’s question using your opinion, knowledge, and evidence from the text.

Remember to use QUOTES!

At the end of Hamlet, Hamlet asks Horatio to “tell my story.” What is Hamlet’s story? What is the message or moral of the play? What are we, the audience, supposed to learn from Hamlet?

Answer the question in 2+ paragraphs. Include at least 1 quote in your response.

Then reply to at least 2 of your classmates’ answers. You can ask follow up questions, agree and add on to what they said, disagree and offer a counterpoint, or explain a connection between their ideas and another aspect of the text.

Post ONE question to the discussion on Classroom. (Your inquiry based question from the annotations)

Answer someone else’s question using your opinion, knowledge, and evidence from the text.

Each character in Hamlet has their own thoughts about what is motivating the other characters in the play. For example, Polonius blames Hamlet’s actions on his love for Ophelia. Hamlet is upset with Gertrude because he believes that she has forgotten his father, her previous husband. In your opinion, who is right? Who has an accurate read on the other characters? Why?

Answer the question in 2+ paragraphs. Include at least 1 quote in your response.

Then reply to at least 2 of your classmates’ answers. You can ask follow up questions, agree and add on to what they said, disagree and offer a counterpoint, or explain a connection between their ideas and another aspect of the text.

Hamlet suggests towards the end of 1.5 that he will put on an "antic disposition" in the future. What is the point of this action ? What does Hamlet hope to gain from doing this? What is the true nature of Hamlet’s “antic disposition”; is Hamlet “mad” (insane)? What evidence makes you believe that he is or is not?

Answer the question in 2+ paragraphs. Include at least 1 quote in your response.

Then reply to at least 2 of your classmates’ answers. You can ask follow up questions, agree and add on to what they said, disagree and offer a counterpoint, or explain a connection between their ideas and another aspect of the text.

How do the different film versions portray the ghost differently? How do their interpretations change the meaning of the play? And, is this ghost legit? Should Hamlet trust the ghost? Why or why not?

Answer the question in 2+ paragraphs. Include at least 1 quote in your response.

Then reply to at least 2 of your classmates’ answers. You can ask follow up questions, agree and add on to what they said, disagree and offer a counterpoint, or explain a connection between their ideas and another aspect of the text.

Criterion B

Write 1 solid discussion question about your poem. Think WHY and HOW questions. Remember that a strong discussion question is based on the text and is open-ended (it has more than 1 right answer).