{"id":1117,"date":"2023-11-20T02:24:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T02:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seizethedayinela.com\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2024-04-30T21:00:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:00:55","slug":"is-hamlet-shakespeares-best-play-hamlet-lesson-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seizethedayinela.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/20\/is-hamlet-shakespeares-best-play-hamlet-lesson-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Hamlet Shakespeare\u2019s Best Play? Hamlet Lesson Plans You’ll Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In my decade as an English teacher, I\u2019ve taught <\/span>Romeo and Juliet.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0 I currently teach <\/span>Julius Caesar.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0 But I love, love, love my <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans.\u00a0 And here\u2019s why.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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One of the three preps I have as a high school English teacher includes British Literature.\u00a0 It\u2019s a semester-long course, and it\u2019s reserved primarily for seniors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Previously, it was a required course.\u00a0 In fact, it was <\/span>the <\/span><\/i>required English course of all seniors.\u00a0 But in recent years, I\u2019ve found out, it\u2019s been demoted (in a sense) to a senior elective instead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

I don\u2019t mean to suggest I have criticism, but I will freely say organizing Hamlet lesson plans can be more of a challenge when you\u2019re dealing with a limited time frame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Here\u2019s a look at what I did with the sixteen students I had this year.<\/span><\/p>

Hamlet Lesson Plans Overview<\/b><\/h2>

To best situate you right off the bat, I should share that when planning a unit, I like to work backwards.\u00a0 What I mean to say is I start with the assessment in mind.\u00a0 Then, when building something like my <\/span>Hamlet<\/span><\/i> lesson plans, I ask myself: how can I best design activities to help my students achieve success on this assessment?<\/span><\/p>

For <\/span>Hamlet<\/span><\/i> this year, I knew students would write an analytical essay.\u00a0 About what?\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t entirely sure from the start.\u00a0 But I knew that the essay would be a foundational assessment based largely on analysis of the text.<\/span><\/p>

To set my students up to thrive on this assessment, I wanted to close read \u2013 often \u2013 with a close examination of how various motifs could better help us understand the larger themes of the work.\u00a0 To do that, we set our sights on reading as many of the major scenes in their entirety as time would allow.<\/span><\/p>

Outside of this intense reading of the text, I also wanted to sprinkle in pops of memorable activities in my <\/span>Hamlet<\/span><\/i> lesson plans.\u00a0 These often came in the form of an activator or warm-up but sometimes would serve as the more time-consuming activity of the day.<\/span><\/p>

To keep pace with the rest of my curriculum, I set aside about three weeks to cover all my <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans.\u00a0 We have block scheduling in my district.\u00a0 On average, I see my classes twice a week and occasionally three times.\u00a0 Roughly, we would cover one act a day.\u00a0 It was a quick pace but we were still able to cover the text in a meaningful way thanks to memorable activities.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Some of My Favorite hamlet lesson plan activities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Though it\u2019s time-consuming and labor-intensive to design an entire unit, it\u2019s a process I love.\u00a0 And I love to return to it each year.\u00a0 Already the wheels are turning in my brain for what I can do for my <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans next year.\u00a0 But for now, here are some of my favorites from this past year.<\/span><\/p>

Which Hamlet Character Are You?<\/b><\/h2>

By Act Two, my students had a general understanding of the play and its characters.\u00a0 This is when I seized the opportunity for a quick personality survey.\u00a0 The goal?\u00a0 To determine which <\/span>Hamlet<\/span><\/i> character you were.<\/span><\/p>

I factored this activity into my <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans as an activator.\u00a0 The warm-up was meant to be done independently and quickly.\u00a0 For both of those criteria, it worked very well.<\/span><\/p>

It also got students talking, which was another goal of mine.\u00a0 It was funny to see students first peek at and then talk about their classmates\u2019 results.\u00a0 I had a lot of students interact who otherwise wouldn\u2019t simply because they both \u201cgot\u201d the same character.\u00a0 Humorously, a few guys ended up being female characters (and vise versa), which was a highly talked-about scenario.<\/span><\/p>

Is the survey perfect?\u00a0 Of course not.\u00a0 Would I use it with younger students?\u00a0 Also, probably no.\u00a0 But with my seniors as a quick warm-up, it was the perfect addition.\u00a0 If you\u2019re interested in using the survey in your classroom, <\/span>here\u2019s the link<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

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Shortly into the play, I realized what I wanted our essay to be about: Hamlet\u2019s sanity (or lack thereof).\u00a0 So as I put together my <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans, I kept in mind what would help my students in the long run.<\/span><\/p>

Cue the class presentation on criminal insanity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Though the subject changes, this is an activity I absolutely love to recycle in my classroom.\u00a0 I create a Google Slides presentation and share the editor\u2019s link with all students.\u00a0 I set the parameters and ground rules (\u201cNo touching someone else\u2019s slide without permission\u201d) and watch them create.<\/span><\/p>

In the past I\u2019ve used this template for a digital debate.\u00a0 I\u2019ll often split the slide in half and assign each partner one perspective of the argument.\u00a0 It\u2019s neat for them to share the space and respond to their opponent\u2019s commentary in real time.<\/span><\/p>

But for my <\/span>Hamlet<\/span><\/i> lesson plans, I instead assigned each student a different defendant who plead insanity in a criminal case.\u00a0 I gave students an allotted amount of time and some guidance as far as helpful websites.\u00a0 And I waited for them to do their thing.<\/span><\/p>

When the time was up, each student had put together a comprehensive and interesting slide in our class presentation.\u00a0 I offered everyone the choice to present their findings from their seat (very informal) or I would present for them.\u00a0 I\u2019d say it was about a 70\/30 split with most students opting to read their own work.<\/span><\/p>

It was neat to see what students could create in a relatively short amount of time.\u00a0 And it was even cooler to see the connections they made to Hamlet.\u00a0 That was one of my requirements \u2013 find a parallel to <\/span>Hamlet<\/span><\/i> thus far.\u00a0 (We were still relatively early in the play at that point.)\u00a0 On several occasions, students shared insight I had never even considered.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Table Reads in my Hamlet Lesson Plans<\/b><\/h2>

And perhaps the lowest-prep but most impactful inclusion in my <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans was the table reads.\u00a0 By \u201ctable read,\u201d I mean a patient reading of major scenes in the play with students volunteering to read parts without leaving the comfort of their desks.<\/span><\/p>

Again, this is something I\u2019ve done prior to building my <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans.\u00a0 I find it to be very valuable and low-stress for students.\u00a0 Ahead of time, I\u2019d prep the space.\u00a0 Depending on the class size, I\u2019d rearrange the desks to be in a circle.\u00a0 And I\u2019d usually put something thematically-relevant on my board.\u00a0 That might be an image from the scene or pertinent questions I wanted students to think about.<\/span><\/p>

This year, I also required that students complete their <\/span>Hamlet Motif and Theme Tracker<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Here\u2019s another part of my <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans I incorporated to set students up for success on the essay.\u00a0 Students were responsible for making note of motifs as we read the play.\u00a0 At the end of each lesson, I\u2019d give students time to copy relevant quotes and analyze them.\u00a0 These then became the basis for our analytical essay.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Which all builds to our culminating task of my <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans: an analytical essay that assesses Hamlet\u2019s mental state.<\/span><\/p>

The creation of this essay\u2019s prompt came about quite organically.\u00a0 As I was reading <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>the first time myself, I kept thinking: <\/span>Man, this guy could possibly be a genius.<\/span><\/i><\/p>

In general, the prompt asks students to assess Hamlet\u2019s sanity \u2013 or lack thereof.\u00a0 For the essay, I required a few things of students.<\/span><\/p>

  1. Students had to take a side; they couldn\u2019t argue, \u201cWell, he was sane here but insane there.\u201d<\/span><\/li>
  2. Students had to back up their argument with textual evidence, at least one direct quotation per body paragraph<\/span><\/li>
  3. Students had to address all questions within each prompt<\/span><\/li><\/ol>

    Admittedly, just a night or two before I introduced this to students, I had one senior ask me: \u201cCan we work with a partner on this?\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve had similar students ask similar questions.\u00a0 And you\u2019ve probably wondered, \u201cAre they asking this just so they can cleverly share the workload?\u201d\u00a0 I won\u2019t put it past this senior that he wanted to do just that.\u00a0 But I gave him the benefit of the doubt.\u00a0 And I gave my <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans some more thought.<\/span><\/p>

    What I came up with reminds me of dueling pianos you see at dive bars down in New Orleans.\u00a0 I wondered if there wasn\u2019t a way two students could partner up on the essay and each take a different approach: one convicts Hamlet of his crimes via his sanity.\u00a0 And the other defends his fragile state of mind.<\/span><\/p>

    The end result?\u00a0 In my class of sixteen, I had just one group pair up.\u00a0 All others chose to take a stance one way or the other.\u00a0 No matter how they chose to approach the prompt, the essays were awesome.\u00a0 It was so cool to see such complex ideas argued in a literary and formal way.<\/span><\/p>

    If you\u2019re interested in learning more about a ready-to-go resource, <\/span>check this out<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    As I said before, I love to revisit <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans.\u00a0 But I\u2019m human, and even I forget some of the details year-to-year.<\/span><\/p>

    So one of my favorite resources is the <\/span>Hamlet Teacher Booklet<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 This handy booklet features a quick but comprehensive summary for all five acts of the play.\u00a0 Plus it has a quick \u201cWho\u2019s Who\u201d guide of characters.\u00a0 It\u2019s such an awesome resource to have on hand.<\/span><\/p>

    And it\u2019s great not only for me if I need a quick refresher, but for my students, too.\u00a0 It serves as a great learning support for students with 504s, IEPs, or language barriers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    If you are also lucky enough to build <\/span>Hamlet <\/span><\/i>lesson plans, I hope you found some inspiration here.\u00a0 And I hope, too, you\u2019ll check out the other products I have on my <\/span>Teachers Pay Teachers page<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t only <\/span>Hamlet<\/span><\/i> I teach, after all!<\/span><\/p>

    And if you\u2019re willing, drop a quick comment or leave me a review to let me know how your <\/span>Hamlet<\/span><\/i> lesson plans went!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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