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Essential Questions:
Do revenge and vengeance provide satisfaction?
Can a lust for power lead to loss of humanity?
Does Hamlet deserve what he gets?
Unit Assessment:
Students will write an argumentative essay using research based evidence as to whether madness
Standards:
Reading: 11-12.RL.1, 11-12.RL.2, 11-12.RL.3, 11-12.RL.4, 11-12.RL.5, 11-12.RL.6, 11-
12.RL.7, 12.RL.10
Writing: 11-12.W.1, 11-12.W.4, 11-12.W.5, 11-12.W.6, 11-12.W.7, 11-12.W.8, 11-12.W.9, 11-
12.W.10
Speaking and listening: 11-12.SL.1, 11-12.SL.2, 11-12.SL.4, 11-12.SL.6
Language: 11-12.L.1, 11-12.L.2, 11-12.L.3, 11-12.L.4, 11-12.L.5, 11-12.L.6
Informational Texts: 11-12.RI, 11-12.RI.5, 11-12.RI.7
Materials needed:
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Hamlet clips from Laurence Olivier (1948) version and the Gregory Doran (2009) version
Hamlet Vocabulary Handout
Renaissance and Hamlet Clip
CRAAP test worksheets
Laptops
Graphic Organizers
Shakespeare | Hamlet Act 4 Audiobook (Dramatic Reading)
Handout Hamlets To be or Not To Be soliloquy from Act 3
Peer review worksheet
Writing Analysis worksheet
Week 1 Topic/Objective Activities
Monday Hamlet pre-reading Quick Write: Think about a news
themes. revenge?
Hamlet Vocabulary Handout Two
actual definition.
Renaissance and Hamlet Clip
Concept Map: Students will create a
feel?
to her?
Students will be able to actively feel about the end of the play? How
Students will be able to research support their thesis and cite these
In by Sunday.