This worksheet challenges high school readers to go beyond basic comprehension and practice close reading analysis skills while engaging with Act 1.1 of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Whether assigned as independent homework or a collaborative classroom activity, this formative assessment promotes learning accountability and prepares students for the rigors of advanced placement classes. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.
By engaging with this close reading analysis activity, students will:
- Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words or phrases as they are used in Shakespearean text (e.g., unfold, approve our eyes)
- Interpret figurative and connotative meanings of words and phrases to clarify the tone or mood of a passage
- Support analysis of tone with textual evidence from specific lines
- Distinguish between true and false statements about a scene based on textual evidence.
- Infer a character’s motivation or purpose using details from the text
- Recognize and explain examples of irony and foreshadowing within the scene
- Explain how a character changes over the course of a passage
- Explain how beliefs from Shakespeare’s time influence the interpretation of key events (e.g., the connection between a ruler’s well-being and a nation’s fate)
- Consider themes about control, fear, and duty
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Hamlet Act 1 Quiz and Close Reading Worksheets Bundle
Measure high school reading comprehension and support analysis of Shakespeare's tragedy *Hamlet* (Act 1) with this bundle that features a plot-based quiz and rigorous close reading activities. By engaging with these resources, students will identify what the text says explicitly and implicitly, apply knowledge of literary devices, interpret figurative expressions, make engagement with text visible, and more. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: * Define complex words and phrases in context * Verify interpretations of words and phrases using reference materials such as a dictionary and thesaurus * Discern the tone of a given passage * Isolate a falsehood about plot development among factual statements * Analyze character actions and dialogue to discern character motivations * Cite textual evidence in support of claims and ideas * Discern the most adequate characterization of Horatio * Analyze plot from a historical context * Analyze character dialogue to discern and articulate what is implied * Apply knowledge of dynamic character to the text * Apply knowledge of foreshadowing to the text * Identify context clues that suggest Horatio's opinion on supernatural occurrences is correct * Explain how Denmark gained authority over Norwegian lands * Make an inference about author's intent, analyzing plot to determine what is suggested about the universe and its relationship to humankind * Conduct brief research to answer a question connecting Greek mythology to the drama
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Hamlet Close Reading Worksheets Bundle
Challenge high school students to push beyond basic reading comprehension and exercise close reading analysis skills while engaging with *Hamlet* by William Shakespeare. Given the objective nature of the multiple choice questions, each close reading activity is rigorous enough for students to find deeper meaning in the text, yet convenient enough for teachers to quickly and efficiently gather data on their students' textual analysis skills. Included are twenty close reading worksheets, each addressing an individual scene, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By the end of the play, students will: * Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly * Define words and phrases as they are used in the text * Discern the tone of given passages * Determine the functions of given scenes * Analyze plot from a historical perspective * Consider the greater significance of given details * Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop * Compare and contrast characters * Examine the effect of Shakespeare's narrative techniques with emphasis on the incorporation of figurative language * Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, simile, euphemism, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, situational irony, dramatic irony, and more * Conduct brief research to answer a question connecting the drama to aspects of Greek mythology * Consider autobiographical parallel, drawing an informed inference about Shakespeare's philosophy on the purpose of dramatic performances based on details provided in a given scene * Explore themes with emphasis on humanity's relationship with the universe * Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant textual evidence * Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision
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