Henry IV, Act IV, Scene 1 and Instructions

Pub Crawlers and Courtiers: Please post your comment about Act IV scene 1 here.

Directions for Act IV posts. All three posts are due Friday, September 29.

Rebels: Read and think about how to perform 4.1. Read and comment on 4.2 and 4.3. Read 4.4, but no need to post a comment about that scene.
Pub Crawlers: Read and think about how to perform 4.2. Read and comment on 4.1 and 4.3. Read 4.4, but no need to post a comment about that scene.
Courtiers (You will perform a rebel scene): Read and think about how to perform 4.3. Read and comment on 4.1 and 4.2. Read 4.4, but no need to post a comment about that scene.

All groups: Read the comments on Mr. Sale’s class blog, Act IV. Post one comment to a student in that class: http://sale4th.blogspot.com/

Henry IV, Act IV, scene 2

Rebels and Courtiers, please comment on Act 4, scene 2. For detailed directions, read the Act 4, scene 1 post. When you finish commenting on this blog, go to Mr. Sale's class blog and post a comment to someone in that class.

http://sale4th.blogspot.com/

Henry IV, Act IV, scene 3

Rebels and Pub Crawlers, post your comment about Act 4 scene 3. See the directions under Act 4, scene 1 for details. When you finish commenting on this page, post a comment to someone on Mr. Sale's class blog.

http://sale4th.blogspot.com/

Henry IV, Act III, scene 1, lines 1-197 and Instructions

Please post your comments for Scene 1, lines 1-197 of Act 3 of Henry IV, Part 1 here.

Instructions for Act 3 comments:

Rebels:
Comment on the last half of Scene 1 (lines 198-276) or Scene 2.
Comment on Scene 3.

Courtiers:
Comment on the first half of Scene 1 (lines 1-197).
Comment on Scene 3.

Pub Crawlers:
Comment on the first half of Scene 1 (lines 1-197).
Comment on the last half of Scene 1 (lines 198-276) or Scene 2.

Please complete your first 2 comments by Friday, September 22.

All Groups:
Put your third comment on Mr. Kleeman's class blog (http://www.lkleeman.blogspot.com/). You will be responding to one of his students’ comments. Please complete your third comment by Tuesday, September 26.

Blog comment prompts:
1. Summarize the action of the scene.
2. Comment in one sentence on what you think is the significance of this scene. What would the play be like without it?
3. Ask questions about the scene. Has anything in the scene caused you confusion? Ask one of the characters in the scene a question—or ask me a question.
4. Quote lines from the scene that you enjoyed and comment on them.
5. Describe your reactions to a character, action, or idea you confronted in the scene.
6. Talk about the relationships characters have to one another, quoting specific words or phrases to give evidence for your opinion.
7. Pretend you are an actor playing one of the characters in the scene. Get inside that character’s mind. Tell how the character feels about herself, about other characters, about the situation of the scene.
8. Trace a set of images. Do you notice certain images—like night or moon or food or fat—coming up time and time again? Produce a list of citations—every time that your word appears. Then look for patterns. Are the images associated with certain people or places or events? Discuss the impact of your image on the play.
9. Discuss the motifs of robbery and rebellion, or honor and courage, or wholeness (both individual and national) in each “world” of the play.
10. Discuss Hal’s search for role models; how do his companions educate him about his country? How do the three worlds of the play—Court, Rebel, Tavern—converge in him?

Henry IV, Act III, scene 1, lines 198-276 and scene 2

Please post your comments for Scene 1, lines 198-276, and Scene 2 of Act 3 of Henry IV, Part 1 here. (See instructions under the post for Scene 1, lines 1-197.)

Henry IV, Act III, scene 3

Please post your comments for Scene 3 of Act 3 of Henry IV, Part 1 here. (See instructions under the post for "Scene 1, lines 1-197.")

Henry IV, Act II, scene 3

General Directions, Act II

Everyone should read 2.1 and 2.2, but you are not required to blog about these scenes.

Rebels:
Read and think about how to perform: Scene 3.
Blog about scene 4 (blog 1: lines 1-337; blog 2, lines 338-end)

Pub Crawlers:
Read and think about how to perform Scene 4, lines 1-337.
Blog about scene 3 and the second half of scene 4--lines 338-end

Courtiers: (There is no Court scene in Act II, so courtiers will do a tavern scene. You’ll rehearse in the court space and perform in the tavern space. You’ll use the pub-crawlers’ costumes provided by that acting company.)
Read and think about how to perform Scene 4, lines 338-end.
Blog about scene 3 and Scene 4, lines 1-337.

In addition, respond to at least one comment posted on the blog. (That makes a total of 3 comments on the Act II class blog.)

Post your comments about scene 3 below.

Comments must be posted by Friday, 9/15.

Henry IV, Act II, scene 4, beginning-line 337.

Post your comments about this scene. See the handout for topics and directions. Line 337 is where Prince Hal says, "No. If rightly taken, halter."

Also read and respond to other students' comments.

Comments must be posted by Friday, 9/15.

Henry IV, Act II, scene 4, line 338-end

Post your comment about this scene. See the hand-out for topics and directions.

(Line 338 begins with Falstaff's entrance and Hal's line, "Here comes lean Jack. Here comes bare-bone.")

Also, be sure to read and respond to other student's comments.

Comments must be posted by Friday, 9/15.

Henry IV, Act I scene 1

Post your comments about this scene before Wednesday's class.

Henry IV, Act I scene 2

Post your comments about this scene before Wednesday's class.

Henry IV, Act I scene 3

Post your comments about this scene before Wednesday's class.