JOURNAL TOPIC:
Often learning takes place after the fact. (Like when you think of the perfect comeback twenty minutes after the conversation is over.) Now that you're putting high school Shakespeare in your rear view mirror, what did you learn from reading it? What did the texts tell you about writing style, or history, or human nature? What did your approach tell you about your own reading style, or habits of mind? What would you tell next year's seniors and freshmen that will help them?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Work as a class to ID questions about Macbeth. Post your period's questions as comments here so I can spot trends and prepare accordingly. We will conference about the play on Tuesday.
HW:
1. If you haven't yet written the essay, please give yourself 30 minutes and do it.
Does Macbeth truly agree with what he is doing? Or is there not a shred of humanity left in him?
ReplyDeleteThis is an opportunity to make a case for Macbeth as a dynamic character. Toward the beginning he resists temptation; in the middle he compounds his errors; how does he feel in the end? See if you can find textual cues & we will discuss tomorrow.
DeleteDoes Macbeth truly agree with what he is doing? Or is there not a shred of humanity left in him?
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