Thursday, November 19, 2009

HAMLET - Words, WORDS, words

We watched half of Hamlet today in class, the Franco Zeffirelli version, starring Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates and Helena Bonham-Carter. It is a brilliant dramatization of the play but many lines are missing in it. I encourage to read the play over the weekend, line for line.

Homework
1, Write one page, journal-like, about the experience of watching Hamlet and seeing the performance, the accessibility of the language, the hearbreak in the story, whatever you want to say about the experience. What it means to you.

2, Poetry explications are DUE on Tuesday!


3, read * “Writing About a Play” (2126-2137) in your books.
I will keep posting helpful links and resources about Hamlet, in the left column.

Please email me if you still can't access the Hamlet essay questions.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

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UPCOMING POEMS - WHO IS PRESENTING WHAT AND WHEN?

Everyone is responsible for finding and reading each of these poems and making jounal entries for each one--reactions, good or bad, strong or indifferent, but say more. Come to class with questions for your peers.

October, 22, 2009
1, Walt Whitman, "Continuities" - Amanda Roberts
2, Walt Whitman, "Pioneers! Pioneers!" -- Tim Cayet
3, Edgar Allen POe, "The Tell Tale Heart" -Paula Mull
4, Edgar Allen Poe, "A Dream within a Dream" -- Emily Drexler

October 27, 2009
1, Frost, "Fire and Ice," --Andrew Walkley
2, Frost, "The Road Not Taken," -- Brian Knack
3, EMily Dickinson, "Tell all the Truth..." Alex Marshall
4, Sir Walter Raleigh, "Life" -- Justin Falk
5, Percy Shelley, "Ozymandias" Chase Jones

October 29, 2009
1, Pablo Neruda, Sidney Edwards (poem to come)
2, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "How do I love thee?" Courtney Mathis
3, Robert Browning, "Pophyria's Lover" -- Morgan Mann
4, Maya Angelou, "Touched by an Angel," --Clara Penn

November 3, 2009
1, Allen Ginsberg, "A Supermarket in California" Jo Hoyle
2, Ginsberg, "Howl" - Summer Irvin
3, Sylvia Plath, "Daddy," Whitney Hall
4, Nikki Giovanni, "Ego tripping" -- Gina Thomas

November 5, 2009
1, Francisco HErnandez, "Bajo Cero" - Bianca Balderman
2, The Beatles, "Happiness is a warm gun," --Ali Edge
3, ALter Start, "New Start," --Seth HOlloway
4, Elliot Smith, "Farwell," ?