LitPlan Novel Study Hamlet (LitPlan Novel Study Units)

LitPlan Novel Study Hamlet (LitPlan Novel Study Units)

This LitPlan Novel Study for Hamlet by William Shakespeare is a comprehensive foundation of ready-to-use materials that will ensure your students get the most out of their Hamlet unit study. Practical, flexible , and standards-based with step-by-step plans for the whole novel unit, this LitPlan Novel Study is especially helpful to new teachers or veteran teachers teaching Hamlet for the first time. 23 Step-by-Step Daily Lessons guide you and your students through this novel study. Assignments and Activities are planned for each day of the novel unit. Vocabulary Worksheets that focus on meaning in context and dictionary definitions go with each reading assignment. Comprehension Questions and Quizzes follow the reading assignments, so you know if your students are keeping up with their reading and understanding what they are reading. Writing Assignments are sprinkled throughout this novel study for Hamlet , too! Detailed writing assignment sheets guide students' writing. Two lessons are also devoted to Leveled Critical Thinking Questions and Quotations : Interpretive Questions require students to simply interpret facts that are given. - Critical Questions require students to think deeply to develop answers that go beyond what is in the text. - Personal Response Questions have no right or wrong answer; students formulate and give their own opinions. The introductory lesson introduces students to Shakespeare and his times through a group research project. In conjunction with the Nonfiction Assignment , students are each required to read at least one piece of nonfiction and view at least one nonfiction video about the topic related to Hamlet that they have been assigned. After doing their nonfiction research, students will fill out a worksheet on which they answer questions regarding facts, interpretation, criticism, and personal opinions for each of their sources. Each group will create and make oral presentations about the nonfiction pieces they have read, giving students the opportunity to practice public speaking . A Variety of Additional Activities are woven into this Hamlet novel study: Group Project - Students will work individually and in groups to research Shakespeare, British History 1550-1650, World History 1550-1560, and Hamlet. - Review Activities - Oral Reading Evaluation - Writing Conferences - Oral Reports Review puzzles, games, and worksheets are provided for both Vocabulary Review and Whole Unit Review . Five Different Unit Tests are provided on different levels. Two are multiple-choice, two are short-answer, and one is advanced short-answer. Evaluation Rubrics, Bulletin Board Ideas, Extension Activities, and Answer Keys are also included. FLEXIBILITY is a key property of this novel study unit for Hamlet . It is formatted so that you can skip a planned activity and plug in one of your own favorites if you want to. - You can use all or just parts of this LitPlan. - Written for whole-class use, but easily adaptable for: independent study - small groups or lit circles - Homeschooling - tutoring A teacher-favorite for years , hundreds of thousands of LitPlans have been used by tens of thousands of teachers in the USA, Canada, and overseas schools, providing reliable, high-quality, standards-based resources for teaching literature. If you want a solid foundation for teaching a work of literature, LitPlans have proved themselves worthy over years of use worldwide.