Hamlet, Day Two (2 of 7)
Primary Reading Assignment
Read Hamlet, Act II (http://tech-two.mit.edu/Shakespeare/Tragedy/Hamlet/Hamlet.all.html)
Supplementary Reading Assignment
Read "Shakespeare’s Reputation" (http://www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/germa/Hamleteng.htm#reputation)
Read excerpts from Richard Courtney's book Shakespeare's World of Death: The Early Tragedies. Pages 13 - 15. (http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/Hamlet/wofdeath.htm)
Self-Evaluation
Complete interactive quiz on Act II (http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-2-1.htm)
(http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-2-2.htm)
(Complete this interactive quiz on Norway and Denmark: (http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz2.htm)
Writing Assignment
Answer 8 of the following 14 questions about Act II: (http://Hamlet.hypermart.net/quest2.html)
Rhetorical Lesson
"Developing a Central Idea or Thesis" (http://webware.princeton.edu/Writing/wc4c.htm)
"Writing a Thesis" (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/thesis.html)
"Constructing Thesis Statements" (http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html)
"Developing an Argument" (http://webware.princeton.edu/Writing/wc4d.htm)
Grammatical Lesson
"Transitions" (http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/transitions.html)
(http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/transiti.html)
Using Evidence (http://www.uwec.edu/academic/curric/jerzdg/orr/handouts/Style/showing.htm)
"Sentence Parts and Word Functions" (http://webster.commnet.edu/hp/pages/darling/grammar/definitions.htm)
Misc. Assignment
"How to Read an Assignment" (http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/read.html)
For Next Time
Read Hamlet, Act III
Upcoming Assignment
Confirm your paper topic.
Read "Coming Up with Your Topic" (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/ac_paper/topic.html)