The Value of LifeThe Value of Life

Please take out 6 pieces of paper and Please take out 6 pieces of paper and title it “The Value of Life” – you will need title it “The Value of Life” – you will need it to respond to the following quickwrite it to respond to the following quickwrite

and other questions in this unitand other questions in this unit

Adapted from CSU ERWC Material

Life is only valuable if you have a Life is only valuable if you have a familyfamily.  . 

Jot down whether you agree or disagree with Jot down whether you agree or disagree with this statement and WHY!  this statement and WHY! 

Philosophical Chairs: Move to sides/duke it Philosophical Chairs: Move to sides/duke it out. out.

10-minute Quickwrite10-minute Quickwrite: Now that we’ve : Now that we’ve discussed all of this, answer the question: discussed all of this, answer the question:

What is the value of lifeWhat is the value of life?? * How do you measure the value of your * How do you measure the value of your ownown life? life? * What makes it worth living? * What makes it worth living? * What gives life meaning?* What gives life meaning?

* Note: Respond as thoroughly as you can to this * Note: Respond as thoroughly as you can to this prompt. You will continue to add notes and prompt. You will continue to add notes and responses to this page, so don’t lose it!responses to this page, so don’t lose it!

Create a Concept Map like this in your Create a Concept Map like this in your notes:notes:

Concept: LifeConcept: LifeExample sentence:Example sentence:

Synonyms:Synonyms: Contexts:Contexts:

Examples:Examples: Non-examples:Non-examples:

Here are some examples to get you Here are some examples to get you started; add as many more examples started; add as many more examples

as you can come up withas you can come up with Concept: LifeConcept: Life Example sentence: Example sentence: It is difficult to place a It is difficult to place a

precise value on human lifeprecise value on human life Synonyms:Synonyms: Contexts:Contexts:

VitalityVitality MedicalMedicalEnergyEnergy EconomicEconomic

Examples:Examples: Non-examples:Non-examples:LifestyleLifestyle DeathDeathLife’s WorkLife’s Work InactivityInactivity

Concept Map -- LifeConcept Map -- Life Synonyms: Contexts:Synonyms: Contexts:

Living Legal/penalLiving Legal/penalViability Religious Viability Religious Human being Personal/privateHuman being Personal/privateExistence Professional/publicExistence Professional/publicPresence AutobiographyPresence Autobiography

Examples: Non-examples:Examples: Non-examples:Life partner Inanimate objectsLife partner Inanimate objectsThe good life AfterlifeThe good life AfterlifeThe meaning of lifeThe meaning of life NothingnessNothingnessEternal life Non-existenceEternal life Non-existenceLife sentence SterilityLife sentence SterilityLife story AbsenceLife story Absence

Hamlet Soliloquy – Surveying the Text. Hamlet Soliloquy – Surveying the Text. Continue adding to your notes:Continue adding to your notes:

SoliloquySoliloquy: a convention used by : a convention used by playwrights to allow an audience to playwrights to allow an audience to hearhear the thoughts of a characterthe thoughts of a character

What prior experiences have you had What prior experiences have you had reading plays?reading plays?

What do you notice about the text What do you notice about the text structure?structure?

Hamlet Soliloquy -- PredictionsHamlet Soliloquy -- Predictions

Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a tragedy that Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a tragedy that was published in 1604. was published in 1604. What is a What is a tragedy? What themes and outcomes tragedy? What themes and outcomes do you expect to find in a tragedydo you expect to find in a tragedy??

What do you know about the language in What do you know about the language in plays written by Shakespeare? plays written by Shakespeare? What have What have you done in the past to help yourself you done in the past to help yourself read Shakespeare effectively?read Shakespeare effectively?

Hamlet Soliloquy -- PredictionsHamlet Soliloquy -- Predictions

The soliloquy here begins with a famous The soliloquy here begins with a famous quotation: "To be, or not to be--that is the quotation: "To be, or not to be--that is the question."question."

Make a prediction: What do you think Make a prediction: What do you think "the question" is that Hamlet is asking? "the question" is that Hamlet is asking? How do you think he might answer it?How do you think he might answer it?

Think about the primary meaning of the Think about the primary meaning of the verb “be”verb “be”

Polar OppositesPolar OppositesAn important An important rhetorical devicerhetorical device

Shakespeare uses in Hamlet’s soliloquy is Shakespeare uses in Hamlet’s soliloquy is antithesisantithesis, or a , or a balance of oppositesbalance of opposites. . Hamlet explores a series of oppositional Hamlet explores a series of oppositional relationships in his speech, beginning with relationships in his speech, beginning with the question of “to be, or not to be.” the question of “to be, or not to be.”

Polar OppositesPolar Opposites

Brainstorm antonyms for the terms listed below Brainstorm antonyms for the terms listed below

Term Term AntonymAntonym

1. Oppression 1. Oppression

2. Action 2. Action

3. Endurance3. Endurance

4. Mystery4. Mystery

5. Life 5. Life

Polar OppositesPolar Opposites

Brainstorm antonyms for the terms listed below Brainstorm antonyms for the terms listed below

Term Term Antonym ExamplesAntonym Examples

1. Oppression Freedom, ease, democracy 1. Oppression Freedom, ease, democracy

2. Action 2. Action Idleness, inactivity, apathyIdleness, inactivity, apathy

3. Endurance3. Endurance Weakness, limitationsWeakness, limitations

4. Mystery4. Mystery Certainty, surenessCertainty, sureness

5. Life 5. Life Death, loss, mortalityDeath, loss, mortality

Hamlet – Key VocabularyHamlet – Key VocabularyCreate a Vocabulary Chart (C-Note style) with the Create a Vocabulary Chart (C-Note style) with the

following termsfollowing terms fortune – noun: Fate; destiny or luckfortune – noun: Fate; destiny or luck opposition – noun:opposition – noun: oppression – noun:oppression – noun: mortality – noun:mortality – noun: dread – verb:dread – verb: resolution – noun:resolution – noun: antithesis – noun:antithesis – noun: pessimism – noun:pessimism – noun: optimism – noun:optimism – noun:

Hamlet – Key VocabularyHamlet – Key VocabularyCheck your Vocabulary Chart to make sure Check your Vocabulary Chart to make sure

definitions match these:definitions match these: fortune – noun: Fate; destiny or luck fortune – noun: Fate; destiny or luck opposition – noun: resistance; hostilityopposition – noun: resistance; hostility oppression – noun: repression; dominationoppression – noun: repression; domination mortality – noun: subject to deathmortality – noun: subject to death dread – verb: terror; feardread – verb: terror; fear resolution – noun: decision or promiseresolution – noun: decision or promise antithesis – noun: exact opposite or contrastantithesis – noun: exact opposite or contrast pessimism – noun: cynicism or negative outlookpessimism – noun: cynicism or negative outlook optimism – noun: hopefulness or positive outlookoptimism – noun: hopefulness or positive outlook

Hamlet BackgroundHamlet Background

At this point in the play, Hamlet feels that he is in At this point in the play, Hamlet feels that he is in a crisis. His father died a few months earlier a crisis. His father died a few months earlier under mysterious circumstances. Hamlet under mysterious circumstances. Hamlet discovers that his father was secretly murdereddiscovers that his father was secretly murdered—by Hamlet's uncle, Claudius. Making things —by Hamlet's uncle, Claudius. Making things even worse, Claudius then married Hamlet's even worse, Claudius then married Hamlet's mother. Hamlet doesn't know what to do about mother. Hamlet doesn't know what to do about this knowledge. He wonders if he can trust this knowledge. He wonders if he can trust anyone, or if perhaps he's going crazy. anyone, or if perhaps he's going crazy.

First ReadingFirst Reading

As you first read the text, focus on what As you first read the text, focus on what you see as the "you see as the "big picturebig picture" that Hamlet " that Hamlet describes. describes.

Based on this first reading, would you say Based on this first reading, would you say that Hamlet is an that Hamlet is an optimist or a optimist or a pessimist? pessimist? What evidence do you have What evidence do you have to support your opinion?to support your opinion?

Second Reading – with a Second Reading – with a highlighterhighlighter

Partners: Using a highlighter, mark the Partners: Using a highlighter, mark the places in the text where places in the text where Hamlet Hamlet describes what it means to be alivedescribes what it means to be alive. .

ExampleExample: In lines 2-3, he describes life as : In lines 2-3, he describes life as "the slings and arrows of outrageous "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," so you could highlight that phrase fortune," so you could highlight that phrase as an example of what Hamlet thinks it as an example of what Hamlet thinks it means "to be." means "to be."

Share with your TeamShare with your Team

Take a look at the parts of the soliloquy that Take a look at the parts of the soliloquy that you highlighted, and compare them with you highlighted, and compare them with your teammates’ markings. your teammates’ markings.

ParaphraseParaphrase Choose Choose 33 of your highlighted of your highlighted quotationsquotations and and

paraphraseparaphrase them (one from the beginning, one them (one from the beginning, one from the middle, and one from the end).from the middle, and one from the end).

For the "slings and arrows of outrageous For the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" example, a paraphrase might sound fortune" example, a paraphrase might sound something like this: something like this: "Hamlet compares being "Hamlet compares being alive to having destiny shoot arrows at him."alive to having destiny shoot arrows at him."

Consider the difference between having Hamlet Consider the difference between having Hamlet say that life is like "the slings and arrows of say that life is like "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" and having him just say "life outrageous fortune" and having him just say "life is unpleasant." is unpleasant."

What are the effects of Shakespeare's stylistic What are the effects of Shakespeare's stylistic choices as a writer?choices as a writer?

ReflectReflectReflect again on the question asked Reflect again on the question asked

earlier: From the evidence in the soliloquy, earlier: From the evidence in the soliloquy, does Hamlet seem optimistic or a does Hamlet seem optimistic or a pessimistic?pessimistic?

Imagine you get a chance to meet and talk Imagine you get a chance to meet and talk with Hamlet. What do you think about with Hamlet. What do you think about him? What would you say to him? Be him? What would you say to him? Be descriptive.descriptive.

ReflectReflect He is most definitely pessimistic, isn’t he?He is most definitely pessimistic, isn’t he? In the soliloquy, Hamlet is speaking thoughtfully In the soliloquy, Hamlet is speaking thoughtfully

and agonizingly to himself about the question of and agonizingly to himself about the question of whether to commit suicide to end the pain of whether to commit suicide to end the pain of experience: “To be, or not to be: that is the experience: “To be, or not to be: that is the question” (1). He says that the miseries of life question” (1). He says that the miseries of life are such that no one would willingly bear them, are such that no one would willingly bear them, except that they are afraid of “something after except that they are afraid of “something after death” (23). Because we do not know what to death” (23). Because we do not know what to expect in the afterlife, we would rather “bear expect in the afterlife, we would rather “bear those ills we have,” Hamlet says, “than fly to those ills we have,” Hamlet says, “than fly to others that we know not of” (26-27). others that we know not of” (26-27).

Show Ethos, Pathos, Logos Show Ethos, Pathos, Logos PowerpointPowerpoint

Rhetorical AppealsRhetorical Appeals

How does Hamlet's soliloquy use pathos, How does Hamlet's soliloquy use pathos, or emotional appeals, to create a specific or emotional appeals, to create a specific effect on the reader? Where is pathos effect on the reader? Where is pathos used in the soliloquy?used in the soliloquy?

Rhetorical AppealsRhetorical Appeals

How does Hamlet's soliloquy use logos, or logic, How does Hamlet's soliloquy use logos, or logic, to create a specific effect on the reader? Where to create a specific effect on the reader? Where is logos used in the soliloquy? (Identify the line is logos used in the soliloquy? (Identify the line numbers)numbers)

When Hamlet speaks his soliloquy, he is in When Hamlet speaks his soliloquy, he is in crisis. How do his circumstances position Hamlet crisis. How do his circumstances position Hamlet to speak with authority (ethos) about the to speak with authority (ethos) about the value value of lifeof life? Does Hamlet seem to be speaking ? Does Hamlet seem to be speaking about his own life in particular or about the about his own life in particular or about the quality of life in general?quality of life in general?

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Funny!Funny!

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What is the text’s big

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What claim does the text

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quotes from the text?

What do you think about the

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What are your

examples?

How does this text connect to

other texts?

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Charting Multiple Texts

Roger Ebert: The Essential Man

by Chris Jones

Surveying and PredictingSurveying and Predicting1. What, if anything, do you know about Roger 1. What, if anything, do you know about Roger Ebert? Take a look at the picture below for clues.Ebert? Take a look at the picture below for clues.

Surveying the Text The second text is an excerpt from an interview with famous film critic Roger

Ebert after he lost his lower

jawbone and the ability to speak

eat, and drink as a result of his

battle with cancer. The article,

written by Chris Jones for

Esquire, describes the joy and

suffering Ebert experienced in

his post surgery life. Roger Ebert died on April 4, 2013 at the age of 70.

Background ClipBackground Clip

http://www.mybigcampus.com/library/384367

Surveying and PredictingSurveying and PredictingNow that you have viewed the video, Now that you have viewed the video, how do you think this text will connect to the idea of the Value of Life? Do you think Ebert’s views will be similar or dissimilar to Hamlet’s?

Key VocabularyKey Vocabularyritualritual (¶ 2): a rite or repeated practice (¶ 2): a rite or repeated practice

survivalsurvival (¶ 5): endurance, life, or existence (¶ 5): endurance, life, or existence

radiatesradiates (¶ 6): glows or exudes (¶ 6): glows or exudes

savoringsavoring (¶ 7): relishing or enjoying (¶ 7): relishing or enjoying

cinematiccinematic (¶ 9): grand or dramatic; like a film (¶ 9): grand or dramatic; like a film

feverishlyfeverishly (¶ 10): excitedly or enthusiastically (¶ 10): excitedly or enthusiastically

Key Vocabulary (continued)Key Vocabulary (continued)rudimentaryrudimentary (¶ 11): basic or crude (¶ 11): basic or crude

mandiblemandible (¶ 12): jaw (¶ 12): jaw

tracheostomytracheostomy (¶ 12): a surgical procedure to create an opening (¶ 12): a surgical procedure to create an opening through the neck into the trachea or windpipethrough the neck into the trachea or windpipe

monologuemonologue (¶ 15): a speech presenting the thoughts of a single (¶ 15): a speech presenting the thoughts of a single personperson

argumentargument (¶ 15): an attempt to persuade someone of something (¶ 15): an attempt to persuade someone of something

facsimilefacsimile (¶ 15): a copy or reproduction (¶ 15): a copy or reproduction

First ReadFirst Read

1. Read the article by Chris Jones. As you read, pay attention to the way Ebert talks about the value of life. As you did with Hamlet, try to determine whether Ebert appears to be generally pessimistic or optimistic in this interview.

2. In addition, answer this question: Does Ebert also present an argument about the value of death? Be sure to distinguish Jones’s words from Ebert’s words.

Read with a pencilRead with a pencil

As you did with the Shakespeare text, you will mark Jones’s interview with Roger Ebert. This time, underline the sentences, phrases, or words Ebert uses to describe what he thinks it means to be alive. Remember that most of Ebert’s direct quotations will be in italics.

Pair SharePair Share

Compare what you have selected with the choices a classmate has made. Then, working with your partner, mark some of the commonly underlined parts with a “+” or “–” sign to indicate whether each quote shows a generally positive or negative outlook on life.

Discuss the results with your partner, answer this question about Ebert’s outlook on life: Was he an optimist or a pessimist?

Read with a pencil…AGAINRead with a pencil…AGAIN

Second Reading: Go through the text once Second Reading: Go through the text once more. Imagine that you are reading Ebert’s more. Imagine that you are reading Ebert’s statements from statements from Hamlet’s perspectiveHamlet’s perspective. . Circle any passages that Hamlet would find Circle any passages that Hamlet would find particularly interesting or compelling. Some particularly interesting or compelling. Some of these may be the same words you have of these may be the same words you have already highlighted while others will be new.already highlighted while others will be new.

Mock InterviewMock Interview

MAJOR Ethos Pathos LogosMAJOR Ethos Pathos Logos