Primary Reading Assignment

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

Supplementary Reading Assignment

Read "The Language of Shakespeare" (http://www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/germa/hamleteng.htm#language)

Read "The Play’s Historical Sources" (http://www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/germa/hamleteng.htm#sources)

Self-Evaluation

Complete Interactive Quizzes on Act III (http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-3-1.htm)

(http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-3-2.htm)

(http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-3-3.htm)

Writing Assignment

Answer Seven of the following 13 questions about Act III: (http://hamlet.hypermart.net/quest3.html)

Rhetorical Lesson

"What is an Academic Paper?" (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/ac_paper/what.html)

"Writing: Considering Structure and Organization" (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/ac_paper/write.html)

Logic in Argumentative Writing (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_argpers.html)

"Students [Writing] Advice for Students" (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/advice.html)

Grammatical Lesson

"Coherence" (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_cohere.html)

"Conciseness" (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_concise.html)

"How to Improve Sentence Variety" (http://www.asu.edu/duas/wcenter/variety.html)

Misc. Assignment

Write an Outline of your Hamlet Paper

See "Developing an Outline" (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_outlin.html)

"Style in Writing" (http://www.tc.cc.va.us/writcent/handouts/writing/style.htm)

For Next Time

Read Hamlet, Act IV

Upcoming Assignment

Think about how you will structure the rough draft of your Hamlet paper.