|
Rory
Kinnear in the National Theatre's 2010 production. |
Shakespeare's
most enigmatic and inexhaustible
play. A guide to help make the play accessible to high
school students without sacrificing academic standards. |
Contents
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Teacher's Guide |
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Study Programme |
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Introduction |
3 |
Introduction |
2 |
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Suggested Teaching Plan |
4 |
The Text |
3 |
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On Film – a Select Selection |
5 |
"This is Too Long" |
4 |
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Plot Outline |
7 |
Shakespeare's World |
5 |
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Scene-by-scene Commentary |
8 |
Writing About Shakespeare's Plays |
6 |
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After the First Reading |
23 |
Revenge Tragedy |
7 |
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Conflict Task Sheet Answers |
26 |
About Hamlet |
8 |
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Questions to Assist Understanding |
27 |
Approaching the Language |
9 |
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Structure |
44 |
Task Sheets |
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Structure 2 |
49 |
Plot Events Quiz |
12 |
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Poetry and Prose |
53 |
After the First Reading |
13 |
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Language of Drama |
54 |
Conflict |
14 |
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Other Language Features |
57 |
Questions to Assist Understanding |
15 |
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The Soliloquies |
60 |
Structure |
19 |
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Setting |
65 |
The Language of the Plays |
21 |
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Characters |
68 |
The Language of Drama |
22 |
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Hamlet |
69 |
Other Language Features |
23 |
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How Old Is Hamlet? |
74 |
Setting |
24 |
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Claudius |
75 |
Characters: Hamlet |
25 |
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Polonius |
76 |
How Old is Hamlet? |
26 |
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Ophelia |
77 |
Characters 2 |
27 |
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Gertrude |
78 |
Themes |
28 |
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the Ghost |
79 |
Worksheets |
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Horatio, Laertes, Fortinbras |
80 |
Study Record |
2 |
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Themes |
81 |
Easy Plot Summary |
3 |
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Interpretations |
86 |
Basic Facts: Characters |
5 |
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Links |
86 |
Poetry and Prose |
6 |
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Revision Quiz |
87 |
Characterisation: Hamlet |
7 |
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Quiz Answers |
88 |
Character: Polonius |
8 |
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Quotations Worksheet Answers |
90 |
Character Quotations |
9 |
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Bibliography |
92 |
Quotations Quiz |
10 |
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Plus: 3
PowerPoints; full text with annotations; essay writing; literary terms;
extension notes and more. |
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