1. Welcome! February 22nd, 2018 Thursday
Do Now
Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Thursday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find the errors in the post.
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

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3. want to: Wanna is not a word. Want to is the proper form.
taken: The present perfect form of the verb should be used here because it refers to something that has happened in the past in an unspecified time.
hairy, long: Commas are used to separate two adjectives directly beside each other.
wife, Cindy,: This example requires a comma because it is an appositive. An appositive is a noun that renames another noun right beside it. An appositive must be set off my commas on either side.
despises it, but: A comma is used to separate two sentences with a conjunction (but).
to: Too is a synonym for also or an excess of something. To should be used as a preposition.
want to: Wanna is not a word. Want to is the proper form.
part? It: An ellipsis (…) should not be used. Punctuation is added and a new sentence is started.
cold, bitter: Commas are used to separate two adjectives directly beside each other.
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4. “To Be Or Not to Be” Script Activity
Today, you’re going to imagine that you are the director of the newest Hamlet film. For your first task, you want to tackle its most famous scene: Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy.
You must ask yourself: Where should this scene take place in my film? Will there be music or sound effects? What camera angles and movements might be most effective for the mood I want to establish? What sort of shots and framing techniques could I use? What about lighting—should it change at any point during Hamlet’s speech? At what points in the soliloquy would these techniques work best to convey the tone I want in this scene? What directions should I give the actor playing Hamlet, and at what points in the text?
Before I ask you to write your own scenes, we’re going to watch the speech in two different versions of Hamlet. As we watch, consider the different techniques each director used, and consider which ones you might want to steal for your own scene.

5. “To Be Or Not to Be” Script Activity
Don’t forget your IXL: J.4 and J.5!
“To Be Or Not to Be” Script Activity
In the margins of the text (your script!), write ten stage, camera, or acting directions that you will use to portray your interpretation of the scene. Be sure to use at least five specific cinematic techniques from the handout. The other five can be interactions with objects, setting details, acting cues, character interactions, ect.
In a detailed response of 1-2 paragraphs, walk me through the scene you’ve created in part A. Explain the significance at least five techniques or stage direction you used—how does each element add to the overall tone of your scene? How do your various directions work together to form your own interpretation of the text?