Wednesday

Today, we are going to work on Poetry Out Loud performances; go over your MAP scores and come up with personal goals; finish Act III; and discuss ACT III projects.

NEW VOCABULARY

1)    Surmised

2)    Bounteous

3)    Consort

4)    Corporal

5)    Prate

6)    Dauntless

7)    Chastise

8)    Chalice

9)    Undivulged

10) Surfeit

Macbeth – Act 3 Projects

In groups rewriting/interpret everything that happens in ACT III in a short (5-10 minute) skit.  What you are doing to looking at each scene and interpreting the events in your own words and with your own dialogue.  You can do this any way you want but be sure to keep the idea of sleep/sleeplessness and the supernatural in the piece.

Be prepared to act this out on Wednesday.

 Vocabulary Quiz on Friday. 

Macbeth

Unit Learning goal: At the end of this Unit students will be able to analysis a motif found in Macbeth, create a thesis, and connect the motif to the meaning of the play as a whole by writing a short 2-3 page essay.

Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal:
4 – The student is able to combine more than one motif into a thesis statement, and answer it by evaluating the text and using specifics to back up his/her position.
3 – The student can choose a motif, develop it into a thesis statement, and analyze the text using specific evidence to back up their position.
2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student can choose a motif, develop it into a thesis statement, and analyze the text using specific evidence to back up their position.
1 – Even with help from the teacher the student is unable to choose a motif, or develop it into a thesis statement, and analyze the text using specific evidence to back up their position.