Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read lines 21–34 of “My Last Duchess, continuing to gather evidence of the Duke’s character and the emergence of the Duchess’s character as described by the Duke. Students...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read the final 14 lines of “My Last Duchess.” Students read and analyze a new standard, RL.11-12.2, before examining how Browning develops central ideas such as power and...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this first lesson of the unit, students begin their study of Hamlet by reading and viewing Act 1.1. Students explore Shakespeare’s language, initial plot points, characters, and the setting of the...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read the end of Claudius’s monologue to Hamlet, in which he instructs Hamlet to “throw to earth” his grief and to remain at the court of Denmark rather than return to his...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read and analyze lines 149–164 from Act 1.2, the second half of Hamlet’s first soliloquy in which Hamlet laments his mother’s quick remarriage following his father’s death....

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read a selection from Act 1.5 that includes Hamlet’s interaction with the Ghost and Hamlet’s subsequent soliloquy in which Hamlet commits to follow the Ghost’s advice and...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson students continue their analysis of Hamlet’s third soliloquy in Act 2.2, lines 616–634, with a focus on how the introduction of a key plot point—that Hamlet will stage a play to...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students explore Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy. Students read lines 64–84 of Act 3.1, focusing on how Shakespeare’s word choice impacts the meaning of the passage, and...

Jan 26, 2016 - This is the first of three lessons on the dialogue between Hamlet and Ophelia. In this lesson, students listen to a Masterful Reading of the staging of a dialogue between Hamlet and Ophelia and then...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson students read Ophelia’s monologue on Hamlet’s madness Act 3.1, lines 163–175. Directly following this reading and analysis, students compose a Quick Write about Ophelia’s perspective...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read Act 3.4, Hamlet’s murder of Polonius and confrontation with Gertrude, and her repentance. Students also reread Hamlet’s confrontation with Gertrude and her repentance,...