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<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Welcome and Essential Questions</span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Here are a few essential questions we'll consider in this session:</span></p>
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<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Why and how does reading change my thinking?</li>
<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Why do readers make sense of texts in different ways?</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">How does a text affect my perspectives? How do my perspectives influence my understanding of a text?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">What was the author trying to make us feel, see, and believe?</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 21.116666793823242px; font-style: inherit;">How does note-taking help me summarize and synthesize the message or theme of literary work(s)?</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 21.116666793823242px; font-style: inherit;">How do authors create the aesthetics of a literary work? How does the aesthetics of a literary work affect the meaning of the text?</span></li>
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<p style="margin: 1em 0px 0pt; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: normal; line-height: normal; word-break: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Welcome to Unit 3 Session 1. &nbsp;This unit is all about drama. &nbsp;We&rsquo;ll be exploring plays and the world of acting. &nbsp;This unit will start with a study of Shakespeare&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal;">Hamlet</em>.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px 0pt; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: normal; line-height: normal; word-break: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It's helpful to gather quite a bit of background about <em>Hamlet</em> to improve your comprehension and enjoyment of the play, so this first day is devoted to exploring terminology, characters, plot, and the nature of tragedy.</span></p>
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