Friday, May 31, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Macbeth - Day 6/7 Homework for tonight, May 29th, 2013
Okay so we just finished Act I and began Act II in class. My students have been doing a great job onstage reading out loud and figuring out this complicated language.
For homework: Make a thematic connection between the following quotations, all from Act 1. THEN: create a THEME STATEMENT that illustrates your belief about a main idea/lesson from this act.
Duncan: "There's no art/to find the mind's construction in the face./He was a gentleman on whom I built/An absolute trust" (I, iv, 13-15).
Macbeth: "Stars, hide your fires;/let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be/which the eye fears, when it is done, to see" (I, iv, 57-60).
Lady Macbeth: "Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell/that my keen knife see not the wound it makes,/nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark/ to cry "Hold, hold!" (I, v, 57-61).
For homework: Make a thematic connection between the following quotations, all from Act 1. THEN: create a THEME STATEMENT that illustrates your belief about a main idea/lesson from this act.
Duncan: "There's no art/to find the mind's construction in the face./He was a gentleman on whom I built/An absolute trust" (I, iv, 13-15).
Macbeth: "Stars, hide your fires;/let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be/which the eye fears, when it is done, to see" (I, iv, 57-60).
Lady Macbeth: "Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell/that my keen knife see not the wound it makes,/nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark/ to cry "Hold, hold!" (I, v, 57-61).
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
More poetry project links!!
More links to Poetry Projects!
C period Sean Nash
C period Lish Ventura
D period Drew Anderson
These are GREAT!!!!!!
C period Sean Nash
C period Lish Ventura
D period Drew Anderson
These are GREAT!!!!!!
Macbeth Day 3: We FINALLY got onstage!!! Homework for Thursday, 5.23.13
A Paradoxical Statement: A statement that seems to be contradictory
but that might be true when considered from a particular perspective.
“Fair
is foul and foul is fair/Hover through the fog and filthy air” – The Witches, Act I, scene I, line 12.
Step 1: Please take the time to define these terms and give examples from REAL LIFE which support these ideas. Consider one: first, the witches could be referring to the battle that just occurred: in truth, all actions on a battlefield are considered ‘fair’ because for those fighting, they must believe in the concept, however ‘foul’, that they either must kill or be killed.
Step 2: Speculate as to how this concept could apply to Macbeth's current situation?
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Day 2: Personal Reflections on Power: Tuesday, May 21, 2013: Homework for tonight!!!
Dear Students,
My hope is that by the end of today's class, you will have begun to develop your own idea of what it means to possess power in our lives. I would like you to respond to the following questions on this Blog -simply click on the Comment tab below. You can comment on the question, or if someone has left an interesting comment, you may comment on the comment (does that make sense??). Be prepared to discuss these questions in class tomorrow - and don't forget to meet me in the auditorium for Act 1, scene 1 of Macbeth!
My hope is that by the end of today's class, you will have begun to develop your own idea of what it means to possess power in our lives. I would like you to respond to the following questions on this Blog -simply click on the Comment tab below. You can comment on the question, or if someone has left an interesting comment, you may comment on the comment (does that make sense??). Be prepared to discuss these questions in class tomorrow - and don't forget to meet me in the auditorium for Act 1, scene 1 of Macbeth!
- Why is it imperative to understand how our own personal power affects not only those close to us, but society as a whole? Explain.
- In her article The Necessary Evil, Nancy Gibbs questions whether good and evil are "dependent on each other." What do you think? Bonus to the student who can apply a literary term to this concept!!
Monday, May 20, 2013
Day 1: Introduction to Macbeth!!!
Task: Today, we are going to begin a dialogue about the ways we attain and then maintain power in our lives. The following short video clips highlight examples of the the way we exert power over others, and the way that others might exert power over us. One video illustrates the fact that money is a mechanism for power, and the financial inequities that exist in our society certainly should make us stop and think about what this means for the future of our country. My hope is that we can begin a dialogue about our interpretations of the power we possess both on a personal level and then on a global level. We will then take these concepts and apply them to major themes in Macbeth.
Once you grab a Popsicle stick with your number on it, you'll go to your station and complete the task at that station. You will then respond to the questions that goes with each group, and once each group is done, you'll move on to the next task. We may need two days for this activity. Be prepared to discuss your findings at the conclusion of the activity.
Your homework for tonight? To FINISH the work that you did not get to in class today. This is all online, so you should have no trouble accessing the information from your home computer or phone.
Group 1:
The Heist: Choosing the participants
Group 2:
Mean Girls: (4/10)
Mean Girls: (5/10)
Mean Girls: (6/10)
Popular: Wicked with Kristen Chenoweth & Idina Menzel
Group 3:
Read the Time magazine article: Welcome to the Works of the Trench Coat by Roger Rosenblatt
Group 4:
Wealth and inequality in America
Group 5:
Read the Time magazine article: The Necessary Evil? by Nancy Gibbs
Once you grab a Popsicle stick with your number on it, you'll go to your station and complete the task at that station. You will then respond to the questions that goes with each group, and once each group is done, you'll move on to the next task. We may need two days for this activity. Be prepared to discuss your findings at the conclusion of the activity.
Your homework for tonight? To FINISH the work that you did not get to in class today. This is all online, so you should have no trouble accessing the information from your home computer or phone.
Group 1:
The Heist: Choosing the participants
Group 2:
Mean Girls: (4/10)
Mean Girls: (5/10)
Mean Girls: (6/10)
Popular: Wicked with Kristen Chenoweth & Idina Menzel
Group 3:
Read the Time magazine article: Welcome to the Works of the Trench Coat by Roger Rosenblatt
Group 4:
Wealth and inequality in America
Group 5:
Read the Time magazine article: The Necessary Evil? by Nancy Gibbs
Friday, May 17, 2013
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