Redemption: October 31, 2017

Focus: What is redeemed by the end of Act 5? What is left unredeemed?

1. Warming up: Preparing for Act 5 and mental jousting:

• Quickly read through the scene summaries for Act 5, and for each one, jot down how the scene supports or challenges one or more of the statements above.

• Henry IV is an honorable king.
• Honor pertains only to the dead, not to the living.
• Henry IV is essentially an anti-war play.

• As you view The Hollow Crown's version of Act 5, scenes 1 and 2, consider what symbolic/directorial choices the film makes in responding to the statements above. Jot these down in your composition notebook.

(Note to self: Act 5 is 24 minutes long and begins at 1:36:05

A heads-up: We will have a "Tuesday writing" on Wednesday, but it will not be Question 3; instead, it will be a poetry prompt that (as you could probably guess), focuses on a Shakespearean speech. Also, it won't be a full writing; it will be a focused activity on close reading.

2. Viewing the film version of Act 5

3. Mentally jousting on the play's bigger topics, circle-the-wagon style

4. Starting to compose your Henry IV big question blogs if time allows

HW:
1. Finish composing your Henry IV blog by Friday, November 3.

2. Continue working on editing your sonnet draft (PRINTED FINAL DRAFT due Wednesday, November 8).

3. All make-up work, revisions, etc from the past 6 weeks is due Friday, November 10.

4. If you own your own copy of Beloved, please start bringing it to class on Thursday.