This document outlines a multi-lesson plan for teaching Hamlet. Students will first read and discuss an article about the play in pairs. They will then complete a written assessment answering questions about themes and characters. Later, students will perform scenes from the play in groups, acting them out for their classmates. Dividing the lesson over multiple periods allows time for critical reading, assessment, and preparation to perform sections of the play.

1. English
literature grade
12
Hamlet

2. I want you to first read the article I have provided by the Royal
Shakespeare Company (RSC) based on the play Hamlet.
Learners should engage with the reading, ask questions and
be critical as we have read the play in class. This can be read
in pairs for the first 10 minutes of the lesson thus the next 10
minutes will be used for critical evaluation. The remaining time
for the period can be used for a class discussion that may be
allowed to be turned into a debate
One 30minutes period on a
Tuesday in the morning.
The rest of he activity will continue on
during the Thursday period

3. 6. Authentic activities provide the opportunity to
reflect.
This is so because learners can work in pairs and then be open to a class discussion
also being critical and reading the article more than once gives the learners a
chance to reflect on the play and how the article is of important as a link
5. Authentic activities provide the opportunity to
collaborate. By so working in pairs learners get to socialise with other
different individuals even though it is in a classroom context the skills they
learn there are those that can be applied in ones life overall

4. Today there will be a class assessment task in a form of class
activity there will be a questionnaire that will ask you to actually
discuss in writing the moral dilemmas of any of the two characters
in the play. Thus talk about one theme and motif of the play with
reference to the RSC article we read last week . The learners can
refer to their notes and the article but they are advised to write in
their own words and understanding thus provides their own
reasoning apart from what has already been discussed about the
play Hamlet.
Thursday afternoon we
have two 30 minutes
periods
The test will take the entire period
as learners are required to
answer as much and as critical as
they can

5. 2. Authentic activities are ill-defined, requiring students to define the
tasks and subtasks needed to complete the activity. In this case learners
know the task at hand and have done readings on it but the application of themselves
within the questions will be the challenge. Learners must identify their own unique tasks
and subtasks in order to complete the major task .
8. Authentic activities are seamlessly integrated with assessment.
Real world challenges and assessments require someone who can think outside the
box someone who can provide an account of events the way in which they perceive
and understand it of which this is what this activity aims to do

6. During the Thursday period learners are advised that there will be
a recital of the play as a practical example thus all learners can
have a better understanding rather than the task only being
done in theory. Learners should divide them selves in groups thus
pick an act and a scene they will be playing in the Monday
class. Learners have about 3 days to prepare and acquire all the
necessary information they will need to execute the play
perfectly with understanding .

7. The RSC educational pack has great ideas of how
learners can go about creating their own version of the
play. This document is part of the resources I have in my
folder.

8. Learns will be acting for each other per group thus the other groups
will act as the audience while the other is performing . moreover as
the teacher I will be assessing how they execute the play and if the
relevant acts are there. They can also critically evaluate each other
if there is still time
Monday it is a 1 hour period

9. 9. Authentic activities create polished products valuable in their own
right rather than as preparation for something else.
4. Authentic activities provide the opportunity for students to
examine
the task from different perspectives, using a variety of resources.
Students can examine the play using them selves as actors so that it can be relevant to
them
5. Authentic activities provide the
opportunity to collaborate. Students work
in groups for the play to be a success
3. Authentic activities comprise complex tasks to be investigated
by students over a sustained period of time. Learners have time to
prepare for the lesson and the play

10. This lesson will take place over 3 separate periods in order
to get to the core of the lesson on Hamlet as a paly