Nov. 29 - Dec. 3: Macbeth

***Macbeth Test (100 mark multiple choice: Blk. A Thurs. Dec. 2 / Blk. B Fri. Dec. 3)

***Survey Assignment was due on Fri. Nov. 26 (see last Friday's post)

Fri. Dec. 3 Macbeth Online Play

- Blk. A:

- Complete overdue assignments and the Modern Day Macbeth assignment. Use the Google template and the Modern Day Warrior Machine.
- Blk. B: 100 mark multiple-choice Macbeth test
- Complete overdue assignments and the Modern Day Macbeth assignment. Use the Google template and the Modern Day Warrior Machine.

Thurs. Dec. 2 

- Blk. A: 100 mark multiple-choice Macbeth test

- Continue lab work on Modern Day Macbeth assignment. Use the Google template and the Modern Day Warrior Machine.
- Blk. B: Macbeth test on Friday (use review resources below)
- Continue lab work on Modern Day Macbeth assignment. Use the Google template and the Modern Day Warrior Machine.

Wed. Dec. 1
- Blk. B: Finish last 10 min. of Macbeth movie. 
- Review 30 min. BBC animated Macbeth (parts 1, 2, 3)
- Macbeth Rap and Macbeth Quiz #3 and 4 (below)
- Old lab is booked Wed - Fri. this week: 
- Start on Modern Day Macbeth assignment. Use the Google template and the Modern Day Warrior Machine.

Mon. Nov. 29 and Tues. Nov. 30 

- Continue viewing Macbeth movie
- Continue work on review sheets for Episode 7 (Act III sc 5 - Act IV sc 1); Episode 8 (Act IV sc 2-3); Episode 9 (Act V sc 1); Episode 10 (Act V sc 2-5); Episode 11 (Act V sc 6-7)
- Twenty Tips on How to Write a Survey
- Questions to think about:  
o What is the price you pay for compromising your values? 
o Where do we draw the line between ambition and greed?
o To what extent can we blame others for the negative outcomes of our lives? 
 

Nov. 22 - 26: Macbeth

***Macbeth 100 mark multiple choice test coming up next week***

Surveys

Video Games 
Lunch Break 
Skiing / snowboarding

Fri. Nov. 26 Macbeth Online Play
- Old lab is booked this class
- Print your debate survey question summary of results
- Staple it to your completed assignment form (with questions / paragraph completed)
- Hand it in this class. ** Each partner must hand in assignment form.
- Start work on Episode 7 (Act III sc 5 - Act IV sc 1) and Episode 8 (Act IV sc 2-3)
-Prepare for next week's big multiple choice test by practicing quiz #1 below:



Thurs. Nov. 25 
- Google Lit Trips
- Witches (Polanski 1971); (1983 TV version); (stage production) 
- View Acts I and II of Macbeth
- Continue work on Episode 5 (Act III sc 1-3)and Episode 6 (Act III sc 4)

Wed. Nov. 24 
- View the Characters of Macbeth DVD
- Complete the Episode 3 (Act II sc. 1-2) and Episode 4 (Act II sc. 3-4) questions.

Tues. Nov. 23 
- Find out about the curse. Why is Macbeth often called the Scottish Play?
- Review the plot summary of Macbeth
- Use your Oxford Press edition of Macbeth and start work on the Episode 1 questions (Act I sc. 1-4). Continue on with the episode 2 questions (Act I sc. 5-7)

Mon. Nov.22
- Listening quiz (   / 12 marks) today
- View and listen to the DVD William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama (if you miss this class, you'll have to make up the assignment).
- Complete the fill-in-the-blanks assignment and hand it in this class.

Nov. 15 - 19: Poetry / Debating

***Original Sonnet due on Fri. Nov. 19***
***All poetry assignments up to and including General Subjects must be handed in by Fri. Nov. 19 (nothing will be marked after that)*** 

Please participate in the following surveys:
Blk. A Surveys:
Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Texting Students 
Stating An Opinion
Favourite Gaming Console
Texting and Communication 
Cellphones in Class
Chocolate
Cats and Dogs  
Violent Video Games
Men and Women
Drinking Age 
Favourite Game System
Transit System 

Blk. B Surveys:
Banning Cellphones
Studying Poetry
Soccer or Football? 
School Uniforms 
Global Warming  
SKSS and Beattie
Bullying
Driving Age
Music Education
Olympic Games
PC or Mac 


Thurs. Nov. 18 / Fri. Nov. 19 - Debating Online
- The K-library old lab is booked today.
- Assignment: Work alone or with one partner to develop an 8 to 10 question debate / survey about a debate topic of your choice (include your central debate question somewhere in the survey.
- Use Google Documents Forms application to construct the survey.
- Your other survey questions should seek information about related and relevant opinions and facts). See the Ice Cream for Prisoners survey example.
- When you've finished making your debate survey question form, email the link to me at en8a at yahoo.ca (put your name and block in the message)




Wed. Nov. 17
- Speed debating: spend 3 minutes exploring, discussing and debating each of the table topics as you rotate through this exercise.

Tues. Nov. 16

- Short Story presentations
- Complete "General Subjects" paragraphs.
- Watch "Introduction to Shakespeare" (Standard Deviants Production) 

Mon. Nov. 15

K-Library new lab is booked this class.

1. Research Italian and English sonnet forms. Then, complete the Winter section poetry responses (10 marks).
2. Work on unfinished assignments:
• Poetry blue sheet responses
• Original sonnet
• Dreams good copy 5 paragraph essay/story
• Team short story

Nov. 8 - 12: Poetry

***Team short story is due on Mon. Nov. 8 (25 marks)***
***5 paragraphs on The Forsaken, The Ice-Floes, and David are due on Fri. Nov. 12 (30 marks)

*** Note that Lonely Land and Warren Pryor assignments that are not handed in by Wed. Nov. 10 will have a 5 mark deduction.

Fri. Nov. 12/10
- The old lab is booked.
To Do:

1. Corrections / completion of Dreams five paragraph essay (Due Tues. Nov. 30)
2. Legends and Stories five paragraph responses due today ( /30 marks)
3. Team short story (overdue /25 marks)
4. "The Lonely Land" & "Warren Pryor" poem responses (-5 late deduction:  /18 marks)

Wed. Nov. 10/10
- Shakespearean sonnets

- View the video of David Gilmour of Pink Floyd singing Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

Tues. Nov. 9/10

- Review Dreams rough copy corrections.
- List 20 ideas for a sonnet.
- Read the poem David.

- Work on paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 from the Legends and Stories section of your poetry unit.

- All five paragraphs are due on Fri. Nov. 12.

Mon. Nov. 8/10 

- Read the poems (The Forsaken, The Ice-Floes) in the Legends and Stories section of your poetry unit. Work on the first two paragraph responses for these poems. These are due on Fri. Nov. 12.