PREMIÈRE · UPPER SECONDARY · B1+ towards B2
Final task: Horatio's account or a modern soliloquy
Final task, choose one (20 points).- Horatio's account: tell the tragedy of Hamlet to Fortinbras (written, 250 words, Tle 300).
- Perform your modern 'To be or not to be' (oral, two minutes) and explain your choices.
Barème
- Task completion: 5 points
- Understanding of the play and of the tragic: 5 points
- Language (modals, reported speech, hypothesis): 6 points
- Use of quotations or performance: 4 points
Grid
| Criteria | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
|---|
| Task (5) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Understanding (5) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Language (6) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Quotations or voice (4) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Corrigé: what a strong answer contains
- The ghost, the murder by poison, the remarriage of Gertrude.
- Hamlet's doubt, the play within the play, his delay.
- The deaths of Polonius, Ophelia, Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, Hamlet.
- The tragic: fate, hesitation, pity and fear, Horatio as witness.
- At least two quotations, correctly attributed.
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