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Objectives
This activity will help you to revise Hamlet by reminding you of key events and quotations from the play. You will think about how atmosphere, key themes, character and relationships can be conveyed, and compare your interpretation with other students’ work.
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Outcomes
By working through this activity you will:
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create a storyboard showing the main events of each act of the play and write a supporting commentary for this.
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Resources
To complete the activity you will need:
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Kar2ouche Hamlet Content Library
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1. Open the Summary storyboard. This gives you a title frame 15 blank frames separated by frames labelled with the act number.
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to open the Summary storyboard
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2. Next, identify three quotations from Act 1, which you feel best summarise what happens in this act.
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3. Compose three frames (in the blanks between the frames labelled ‘Act 1’ and ‘Act 2’) to illustrate these quotations. Think carefully about the atmosphere you want to create in these frames and how you can convey themes, characters and relationships. You may attach sound files to your frames if you wish.
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4. When you have completed all the frames for this act, write a supporting commentary for each frame in the caption window. You should try to put each frame in context, explaining what has happened leading up to this point, and any important consequences that will follow from it. You may also highlight any other aspects (such as use of language, key themes, characterisation or relationships) that you feel to be important.
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5. Now repeat these three steps for each of the remaining four acts of the play.
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6. Drag and drop your completed frames into a template in the printing screen, and print your storyboard.
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7. Your teacher will organise you into groups so that you can compare the storyboards you have created. In your discussion you should try to justify the choices you made when composing your frames and commentary, with close reference to the text. If there is time, you may wish to amend your storyboard in the light of this discussion.
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8. Write an evaluation of your storyboard. You should explain choices you made when composing your frames and writing your commentary, and indicate how you would amend your work in the light of the plenary discussion.
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