Monday, September 30, 2013

Update Sept. 30

Bellwrite: None today. Students were given time to either work on their poems or to read Fire in the Bones.

Students received the Hamlet monologue assignment. They began selecting a monologue (See separate blog post for details.).
Much Madness is divinest Sense -
To a discerning Eye -
Much Sense - the starkest Madness -
’Tis the Majority
In this, as all, prevail -
Assent - and you are sane -
Demur - you’re straightway dangerous -
And handled with a Chain -

We continued our discussion of Hamlet's "to be or not to be" speech. We considered the following poem by Emily Dickinson, in light of Hamlet's madness.
 
Much Madness is divinest Sense -
To a discerning Eye -
Much Sense - the starkest Madness -
’Tis the Majority
In this, as all, prevail -
Assent - and you are sane -
Demur - you’re straightway dangerous -
And handled with a Chain -

We also continued reading the play together, through the start of Act III, scene 2.


Homework
  • Work on memorizing monologue.
  • Two best poems due tomorrow.
  • Fire in the Bones reading journal through page 133 is due Wednesday.

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