Get Ready• Grab – Francis Bacon handout & write your heading– 2 different colored highlighters

• Take out a sheet of paper

• Get a pencil ready

On Revenge 1625

By Sir Francis Bacon

Before we read… Think about our learning goal…I can draw evidence from literary and informational texts to support analysis (as related to writing an analysis of Hamlet)

Warm-Up (Part 1)Is it appropriate for individuals to seek revenge when one is wronged?

Warm-Up (Part 2)Write down 1-2 examples of “revenge” for the following:• Movies• Books • Plays • TV • Current events• History • Other???

Let’s AnnotateWrite the prompt at top of paper

Is it appropriate for individuals, such as those found in Shakespeare’s Hamlet,

to seek revenge when one is wronged? Write an argument to support your claim; use valid reasoning and relevant, sufficient evidence from the sources listed below to support your claim.

Step 1: Class Read

Number each paragraph

Read through together

Highlight unknown vocab words

Key words

Define vocab (Tier 3 Words)

Summarize each paragraph in margin

Highlight quotes related to prompt

?: (ask questions as you reflect on the prompt)

What is Bacon’s opinion about revenge? What is the main idea?

Step 2: Whole Class Independent

Possible quotes

LOOK IT UP!!

Step 3 Groups of 2-4

TT: (text to text) TW: (text to world) TS: (text to self) M: (metaphors) S: (similes) A: (allusions) *: (main idea)

TT / TW / TS Your group must find examples and then explain

Text to Text – 2 examplesText to World – 2 examplesText to Self – 2 examples

Metaphors & SimilesAnnotate the metaphors & similes that you

findM : revenge is a kind of wild justiceS : crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark

• Salomon• Cosmus/ Duke of Florence• Caesar• Pertinax• Henry the 3rd of France

AllusionsWrite brief explanations of why/how Bacon uses individuals as examples for his essay

• Annotate the main ideas

• Use an * to denote a main idea

• Follow with a : and an explanation

Remember to annotate with the prompt in

mind… ? (questions)TT: (text to text)TW: (text to world)TS: (text to self)M: (metaphors)S: (similes)A: (allusions)*: (main ideas)