Hamlet Close Reading Packet Assignment Annotations Passages to focus on in in Hamlet see handout and websites in Edmodo for

r tips on how to annotate. Note you will have two annotation grades, one for your in-class and handwritten annotations and one for your Book Glutton annotations.

_______I.ii through line 158 (King, Queen, and court) _______I.iii lines 89-135 (Polonius and Ophelia) _______II.ii.505-562 Hamlets soliloquy in reflection of the players and his own situation _______ III.iii.36-98 King Claudius prayer scene _______ III.iv Hamlet confronts the queen _______ IV.iv.32-66 Hamlets soliloquy comparing himself to Fortinbras _______ IV.vii. 162-92 the Queen on Ophelia _______V.ii.281-383 (end of play)

Hamlet Comic Strip Book Cover Taking the 11 x 17 paper given out in class, you will create a comic strip as a cover for your annotated text according to the following guidelines: Working vertically or horizontally, you will storyboard each Act of the play, creating a square for each scene to make up each strip (therefore, Act I, because it has 4 [IV] scenes, will have four squares or boards within which you will depict the action. (see examples) The comic strip will cover the front and back of your Hamlet book. You may depict the action literally or with symbols (i.e. using a ring to depict a character because she is interested in marriage, using a sword to depict violence, etc.) Color is an important element of the meaning, so use color to support the themes. Your depiction of the play should demonstrate your awareness of the recurrent motifs in the various scenes (i.e. prison imagery, images of rotting and decay, mirrors/spying/secrecy, flowers, actors/acting). The inside covers will consist of important quotations from the play and important motifs from the play (instruction will be given in class). You should include the title and author of the play on your cover somewhere. Be creative! Experiment with themes and ideas and unique ways of depicting the meanings in the play.

You will not be graded on your artistic ability but on your attention to detail. Stick figures are ok as long as your work shows careful attention to detail. Note: Students who want to do a digital or computer generated version should see me/Edmodo for ideas.