Beginning Hamlet...

Do Now:

1. Take out your Hamlet packets.
2. Take out your books and open to Act 1, scene 1.
3. Have post-it notes available for annotations.
4. Prepare for brief reading check/quiz.

S.W.B.A.T.:

• Reflect on their original understanding of Shakespeare.
• Distinguish between Elizabethan entertainment and modern entertainment.
• Predict reasons for the timelessness of Hamlet.

Today’s Agenda:

1. Reading check on Hamlet background.
2. Begin reading the play.
3. Understand the Globe Theater. 

Homework:

• No homework.

Opening Scene... confusion in the dark

Globe Theater visual...

Listen to the play here...