Friday, October 16, 2015

Friday, October 16...vocab quiz Hamlet 5 Hamlet mocks and threatens Rosencrantz and Guildenstern



In class: vocabulary review, followed by the quiz
            New vocabulary, Hamlet 6  (class handout / copy below)
if you are absent, watch  this clip: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alfutKH2388&index=15&list=PL8653490E2C680C5C
Learning targets: I can apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
I can determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases. 
I can analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama.
Essential question: What is friendship?
film: Hamlet feels he has finally the proof needed to act upon avenging his father's death. We are watching a short scene where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern confront Hamlet about his behavior and inform him that his mother wishes to speak with him in her "closet". 
                           What is Hamlet's attitude towards his friends?
             What evidence indicates this?
            What's up with the recorder? How is playing the instrument, "as easy as lying?"

Hamlet by William Shakespeare vocabulary Quiz 6 Friday October 23, 2015

1.     a mutiny(verb)- revolt against authority
2.     sans (preposition) - without
3.     dicers (noun)- gamblers
4.     moor (noun)- bearing land
5.     craven (adjective)- cowardly, timid
6.     eminent (adjective) used to emphasize the presence of a positive quality.
7.      to forebear (verb)- to be patient with
8.     splenitive (adjective)- quick tempered, governed by the spleen
9.     melodrama (noun)-a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions.
10.foil (noun)- blunted weapon
11.venom/antivenin- (Noun)a poisonous substance secreted by animals such as snakes, spiders, and scorpions /(noun)An antitoxin specific for an animal or insect venom


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