Wed 2/24 Act 4

Tues 2/23

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Present imagery/metaphor lines and art (25 points)
Act 4 scene 3
Mini-lesson: consideration of the "political" nature of Macbeth, the metacommentary on kingship and the association of England/the English monarch with healing
Audio (study questions--handout)
Complete study questions for Act 4 (class time for this Thursday)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Act 3--last call

Tues 2/23 Act 4 Scenes 1, 2

Tues 2/23

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Present imagery/metaphor lines and art (25 points)
Act 4 scene 1-2
Mini-lesson: meter (trochaic tetrameter)
Audio (study questions--handout)
Complete study questions to this point

Reminders/Due Dates:

Complete the Act 3 questions and submit

For credit on the art activity, you must present 

Mon 2/22 Presentation, Act 4

Mon 2/22

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Present imagery/metaphor lines and art (25 points)
Act 4 scene 1
Audio (study questions--handout)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Complete the Act 3 questions and submit

For credit on the art activity, you must present 

Fri 2/19 Imagery Drawings

Fri 2/19

Learning Target
Explore impact of metaphor on thinking
Determine meaning of figurative language in text that is particularly fresh, engaging or beautiful

Daily Activity:

Act 3 quiz
Complete the drawing activity (presentation on Monday)
Complete the ACT III questions and hand in
Read if time remains

Reminders/Due Dates:

Complete the Act 3 questions and submit

Thurs 2/18 Drawing Metaphors in Macbeth

Thurs 2/18

Learning Target
Explore impact of metaphor on thinking

Determine meaning of figurative language in text that is particularly fresh, engaging or beautiful

Daily Activity:

1. Journal: Famous Failures

View this brief video (3 minutes) and respond. You may wish to reflect on a time in your life where things did not go well but ended in some kind of success, or you may wish to respond to any of the characters mentioned in the video. Note: list several examples cited in the video to demonstrate that you saw the clip.

https://eduguideblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/the-importance-of-failure/

2. Activity: Draw visuals to depict figurative language in Macbeth (metaphor, simile, visual) and provide context and commentary to go with the text to present to the class: (2 handouts, a rubric and an assignment sheet)

You may use one of the passages from Act I that I have suggested or choose any passage from Act 2 or 3

Plan to present tomorrow

Reminders/Due Dates:

Complete the Act 3 questions and submit

Wed 2/17 Act 3

Wed 2/17

Learning Target

Daily Activity:
Audio: Act 3 scenes 5-6, to end of act
(Study Guide)
Complete and turn in

Reminders/Due Dates:

Tues 2/16 Act 3

Tues 2/16

Learning Target

Daily Activity:
Audio: Act 3 scenes 1-4, pp. 374-388
(Study Guide)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Friday 2/12 Act 2 Quiz

Fri 2/12

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

1. Six-Word Story: Condense the action of Act 2 in six hard-working words.
2. Act I  Quiz: Open book, and you may use your study questions. Turn in the Act 2 questions.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Make sure you have handed in your study guide on Act 2

Thurs 2/11 Act 2 Scenes 3,4 Macbeth

Thurs 2/11

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

1. Ted Ed: Temple Riddle

View the Ted Ed video and attempt to solve the logic puzzle in your journal. Take notes on what the "puzzle" is to show evidence of the attempt.

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-temple-riddle-dennis-e-shasha#review

2. Act 2, scenes 3, 4 Audio and analysis

Complete Act II Questions

Reminders/Due Dates:

Quiz, Act II on Friday
Make sure you have handed in your study guide on In Search of Shakespeare and Act I 

2/8, 9, 10 In Search of Shakespeare

Mon, Tues, Wed 2/8,9,10

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

In Search of Shakespeare
Episode 3 (enrichment)

Episode 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EI7oPGYkgM

We ended Tuesday: 1:18, but that includes episode 3.
Complete study guide and hand in

Reminders/Due Dates:

Fri 2/5 Act I Quiz

Fri 2/5

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Act I quiz
Reading immersion
Submit study questions for Act I

Reminders/Due Dates:

Thurs 2/4 Act II

Thurs 2/4

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Vocab Quiz Unit 8
Act II scenes: 1.2
Complete study questions

Reminders:

Quiz Macbeth Act I on Fri

Wed /3 Sonnet Art

Wed 2/3

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Sonnet return
1. Cut around the sonnet
2. Apply to the tagboard (large ones in the classroom)
3. Embellish your sonnet with at leaset one related image, any way you want. Should be related to the content.
4. Important: Prior to putting it on the tagboard, make sure it is carefully edited. You may revise and reprint if need be.
5. Complete Act I study guide

Reminders/Due Dates:

Quiz, vocab 8 on Thurs
Quiz Macbeth Act I on Fri

Tues 2/2 Act I

Tues 2/2

Learning Target

Act I Macbeth

Daily Activity:

1. Journal: Choice
After completing the journal, go back and reread your entry. Create an attention getter.
2. Correct vocab unit 2
3. Complete Act I Macbeth
Do the study questions, remembering to answer with brief and specific lines (the actual words as well as the citations).

Reminders/Due Dates:

Fri 1/29 Reading

Fri 1/29 Reading Immersion

Learning Target

Read self-selected texts

Daily Activity:

Independent reading (Five pts. that can be made up in Hornet Hour. Have your HH teacher or SH teacher email that you read independently for 20-25 minutes.)
Complete the vocab and turn in if you have not already.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Thurs 1/28: Lady Macbeth's Letter

Thurs 1/28

Learning Target

 Daily Activity:

1. Journal: Read and annotate Lady Macbeth's letter and soliloquy (handout) for p. 353 in text

Circle powerful words and phrases.

What confuses you? Underline it.

Quickwrite: What are your impressions of Lady Macbeth and her relationship with Macbeth so far?
2. Discuss

3. Vocab Unit 8
Hand in

Reminders/Due Dates: