Primary Reading Assignment

Read Hamlet, Act I (http://tech-two.mit.edu/Shakespeare/Tragedy/hamlet/hamlet.all.html)

Review well the cast of characters (http://www.hamlet.org/hamlet_cast.html)

Supplementary Reading Assignment

Read "Biographical Outline" of Shakespeare’s life (http://www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/germa/hamleteng.htm#biography)

Read Chronology of the Plays (http://www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/germa/hamleteng.htm#chronology)

Self-Evaluation

After reading the instructions carefully, complete three interactive quizzes on Act I: http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-1-1.htm, http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-1-2.htm, http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-1-3.htm

Complete the following quiz on the play’s characters: (http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz.htm)

Writing Assignment

Answer three of the following four questions about Act I (http://hamlet.hypermart.net/quest1.html)

Read Peter Elbow on "Writing Without Teachers" (http://www.tc.cc.va.us/writcent/handouts/writing/pelbow.htm)

Rhetorical Lesson

(http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature.html) and (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_lit.html)

Read "The Aims of Critical Writing" (http://www.dac.neu.edu/owl/ucdict/mainel.html)

Grammatical Lesson

Review paragraph formation at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_pgrph2.html

And Paragraph Development at http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/paragraphs.htm

Misc. Assignment

If you find it helpful, read Robert Thornton’s "How to Get More Out of Your Study Time" http://eve.ucdavis.edu/bis1b/Study.htm

Read this handout on Writing about Shakespeare: (http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/lit-arts.html)

For Next Time

Upcoming Assignment

Class Instructor should read "A Hands-On Approach to Teaching Hamlet" (http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1983/5/83.05.04.x.html)