Travis Tips
This is a SUPER writing assignment that I give out BEFORE I actually begin the play Hamlet. Students are given the speech and are asked to analyze the content of it, the characterization, the tone, diction, and imagery --- all key parts to an AP curriculum and to understanding artistry of writing. Students are given guidelines as to how to organize the one page analysis, beginning with a jazzy opening sentence, supplying specific, crisp adjectives, etc.
THIS IS A WINNER. St