The purpose of this iadventure is to help high school juniors and seniors understand character motivation and interpretation, as well as subjective interpretation of a complex literary work.  Further, it is designed to aid students in conducting and meeting research goals, as well organizing said research into a well developed research paper.  As the iadventure is centered around the Shakespearean play Hamlet and the actions of the title character,  it is obviously necessary for any student participating in the iadventure to have read the play.  The iadventure is structured loosely enough that students will be able to express individuality and free thought on the subject of Hamlet, but not so loose that they will feel lost or intimidated by the complex nature of the play, and of the character.
 

All that is required for completion of this iadventure is a computer for each student with internet access and word processing capabilities.  Computer time can be supplemented with hard copies of the MLA handbook and by printing hard copies of the various secondary research sources.
 
 

Below is a site map for the iadventure.
 
 
 
 

Teacher Information Page		Start the iadventure!
		Introduction
	Mentally Unstable		Devious
Depression	Dementia		Jealousy	Revenge
		Conclusion

Goal 1.1 develop questions and ideas to initiate and refine research
Goal 1.2 conduct research to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas
Goal 1.4 use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information
Goal 2.4 present perceptions and ideas regarding works of the arts, humanities and sciences
Goal 2.5 perform or produce works in the fine and practical arts
Goal 4.1 explain reasoning and identify information used to support decisions

Communications Arts:

Goal 1 speaking and writing standard English (including grammar, usage, punctuation, spelling, capitalization)
Goal 2 reading and evaluating fiction, poetry and drama
Goal 4 writing formally (such as reports, narratives and essays) and informally (such as outlines, notes)
 

The final research project for the iadventure will be graded based on the following rubric.
 
 

Score:	4	3	2	1
Style	Effective use of rhetorical strategies, precise and vivid use of vocabulary, full command of complex sentence structure.	Some attempt at rhetorical strategies, generally consistent tone, appropriate vocabulary, correct sentence structure.	No awareness of reader, mechanical rhetorical strategies, inappropriate tone, incorrect word choice.	Inappropriate personal voice, many inept or wrong word choices, very basic sentence structure.
Source Integration	Integration of source shows full understanding of its meaning, quotes have clear connection to students idea and source text, writer recognizes conflict among sources.	Connection between idea and source text shown later in students work, parenthetical citation format is correct, source conflict recognized, but not qualified.	Use of source contradicts or distorts spirit of source, little connection between students writing and source shown.	Sources are not used.
Content	Clear, well reasoned controlling idea, displaying insight and originality.  Supporting details relate to the main point clearly and concisely.	Controlling idea is clear, understanding of subject, though possibly cliché or unimaginative.	Controlling idea is vague or overly general, little grasp of the scope or complexity of the subject.	No sense of the subject, essay is off subject.
Grammar, spelling and Punctuation.	Mastery of conventions of grammar, spelling and punctuation, almost no errors.	Some minor mistakes, grammatically correct relation of all elements of the sentence.	Errors in basic sentence structure, frequent mistakes in spelling and punctuation.	Sentence structure errors interfere with meaning, many distracting spelling and punctuation errors.