Bellwrite: Respond to the guest speaker from the Constitution Day assembly.
Students were given the reading schedule for Fire in the Bones. They will be reading this book at home while we study Hamlet in class. We discussed the requirements for the reading journal, including vocabulary. We learned about etymology (the study of where words come from). A great resource for etymology is the Online Etymology Dictionary. http://etymonline.com/
We discussed the homework reading on Shakespeare and the Bible.
We read from Hamlet. We focused on Act I, scene 2 where Claudius gives his speech about the death of the king and his own recent marriage. We noted that this speech is layered, with distinct messages for the general audience, for those who may be suspicious of the king's marriage, and for Hamlet.
Homework: Work on the first reading assignment from Fire in the Bones.
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