Apr. 30 - May 4: Survey Project / October Sky

**FINAL EXAM practice questions**
***45 mark Macbeth character essay - Due Mon. Apr. 30***
Please Participate in Student Surveys:
Blk. F
Weight Training
Canucks
Type of Person
Music
City or Country?
Sports
Religion 
After High School 
Music Genre Preferences 
Cell Phones 
Obesity 
Superhero for a Day 
Hair Style
Playoff Goalies

Blk. G
Post Secondary Education
Working Students
Soccer
SKSS
NHL Playoffs
Anime Survey
School vs Sleep
Enbridge Pipeline 
Free MJ 
Music and Society
Homework
Your Choice 
War in Afghanistan 
Pets 
Driving Survey
Year Round School
Computers
Smoking

Fri., May. 4/12 Homework for Mon. May 7: Read ch. 1 and 2.
- We'll be reading the novel October Sky. This memoir, written by Homer Hickam, is the first of Hickam's Coalwood trilogy, which also includes The Coalwood Way and Sky of Stone.
- October Sky, originally published as Rocket Boys, is set in Coalwood, West Virginia. Watch the video below to learn about this town.


Mon. Apr. 30 - Thurs. May 3 - Survey Project
- Use these classes to produce an online survey, respond to student surveys, and complete course work.
1.- Assignment: Work alone or with one partner to develop a student survey on a topic of interest to you and/or your partner.
- Once you've decided on a topic and a key question of inquiry, develop eight to ten well-written survey questions.
- You will be in the lab on Tues., Wed., and Thurs. to put your survey online, participate in other surveys, and examine and report on your results. You can use the Google Forms survey template in the lab to publish your survey online.
2. - When you have completed your online survey, copy the link to the live survey form.
3. - Click on Student Surveys and add your survey to this editable page. Use the link button to hyperlink your survey title. Check that your hyperlink works.

Apr. 23 - 27: Macbeth

***100 mark multiple choice Macbeth test - Thurs. Apr. 26***

***45 mark Macbeth character essay - Due Mon. Apr. 30***

Fri. Apr. 27 Macbeth Online Play   Translated Macbeth Online
- Finish your Macbeth character essay. Review assignment details on last Friday's post.

Thurs. Apr. 26 Macbeth Online Play   Translated Macbeth Online
- 100 mark multiple choice Macbeth test.
-Remember to do the practice quizzes: Macbeth Quiz #1 - Quiz #2 - Quiz #3 - Quiz #4
- When finished, work on your Macbeth character essay in the lab.

 
Wed. Apr. 25  Macbeth Online Play   Translated Macbeth Online
-Finish viewing the Macbeth movie DVD
-Review episode 1 - 11 questions for test on Thursday.
-Read/review Macbeth graphic novels.
-Remember to do the practice quizzes: Macbeth Quiz #1 - Quiz #2 - Quiz #3 - Quiz #4

Mon. Apr. 23 - Tues. Apr. 24 Macbeth Online Play   Translated Macbeth Online

- Lab 120 is booked. In preparation for your 100 marks multiple choice test on Macbeth on Thursday, Apr. 26th, use some of your lab time to do the practice quizzes: Macbeth Quiz #1 - Quiz #2 - Quiz #3 - Quiz #4
- Use most of your lab time to complete your Macbeth character essay (see last Friday's post for details).

 

Apr. 17 - 20: Macbeth

***DUE Tues. Apr. 17: Poetry Blogs***

Fri. Apr. 20/12   Macbeth Online Play   Translated Macbeth Online

- Essay Assignment: In the lab, you'll be working on the first and second paragraphs of your formal style five paragraph essay on Macbeth's character.
(45 marks) Your five paragraph essay should include:

Essay: Macbeth's Character
Criteria: 45 marks - Essay must include:
        An original title (2)
        Introduction paragraph with clear thesis statement (6)
        paragraph on Macbeth's character as a general (6)
        paragraph on Macbeth's character as a husband (6)
        paragraph on Macbeth's character as king (6)
        Concluding paragraph (6)
        2 primary source in-text citations (MLA format) (4)
        2 secondary source in-text citations (MLA) (4)
        reference list (MLA format; hanging indent; alphabetical) (5)

Here is a sample introductory paragraph that you can use or modify:

     The tragedy of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is a play about unchecked ambition. The central figure Macbeth is a complex character whose decisions and actions ultimately destroy his own humanity. Macbeth displays conflicting traits and behaviors that are revealed through his roles as military general, husband, and king. (Last sentence is the essay thesis statement)

- In the body paragraphs, discuss Macbeth's character traits below:

Second paragraph

Military General (trusted, brave, loyal, noble, courageous, respected, and skilled; capable of killing in battle; seen as protector; takes pride in his actions; influenced by witches, mentally stable; has friends and is part of a fraternity of Thanes)

   Third paragraph

Husband (faithful/ loving toward wife; wants to please wife and have her think he is manly; influenced/manipulated by wife; ambitious; experiences self-doubt/remorse over plotting, decisions and actions; realizes his desires are corrupt; his anxiety over Duncan's murder leads to emotional torment/hallucinations; poisonous partnership)

   Fourth paragraph

King (not virtuous; corruptly crowned; suspicious, paranoid, self-centred, distrustful, and vengeful; insomniac; mentally unstable; becomes increasingly murderous; detached and alone)

Concluding paragraph

Summarize your key points and re-state the thesis in a different way.

MLA Format
- Add 2 primary source quotes and references (from the play).
- Add 2 secondary source quotes and references (found outside the play).
***Use MLA style on the Citation Machine  or citation button on Shmoop and Cliff Notes. Consult your MLA Citation - Shakespeare handout.

***Secondary Source In-Text Citation Example:

          Macbeth seems easily influenced; "Macbeth 'catches' evil" (Gill xx) through the influences of his wife and the witches.

***Primary Source In-Text Citation Example:

          Macbeth begins to unravel even before he commits murder: "A dagger of the mind, a false creation,/ Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?" (Mac. 2.1.38-39)

Works Cited

(Arrange reference list in alphabetical order; hanging indent MLA format)

***Secondary Source Reference Example: 

Gill, Roma, ed. "Macbeth: The Man" in Macbeth: Oxford School Shakespeare. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1997. Print. (use hanging indent)

***Primary Source Reference Example: 

Shakespeare, William. Macbeth: Oxford School Shakespeare. Ed. Roma Gill. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1997. Print.  (use hanging indent)

Other secondary sources:

Read "Macbeth: The Man" pp. xx-xxiii
Shmoop Macbeth  
Cliff Notes

Wed. Apr. 18 - Thurs. Apr. 19  Macbeth Online Play   Translated Macbeth Online

- Continue work on Macbeth episodes 7 - 11. Finish these for Friday, Apr. 20.
-  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)

- We're watching the Macbeth movie in class. If you're absent you can watch parts of the stage play or the PBS version of the movie online:

Watch Macbeth on PBS. See more from GREAT PERFORMANCES.

Tues. Apr. 17/12 Macbeth Online Play   Translated Macbeth Online
- Class discussion on the first of three roles of Macbeth (military general).
- View the Macbeth Basics DVD
- Use the summary / question sheets below to answer questions about Macbeth:

• Episode 1 questions (Act I sc. 1-4)
• Episode 2 questions (Act I sc. 5-7) 
• Episode 3 questions (Act II sc. 1-2)
• Episode 4 questions (Act II sc. 3-4) 
• Episode 5 questions (Act III sc 1-3)
• Episode 6 questions (Act III sc 4) 

Japanese director Akira Kurosawa adapted Macbeth for a Japanese audience in this 1957 movie, Throne of Blood.

The Pinnacle of Evil
Throne of Blood — MOVIECLIPS.com

Apr. 10 - 13: Poetry / Macbeth

***DUE Tues. Apr. 17: Poetry Blogs***

Fri. Apr. 13/12 Macbeth Online Play
- View the Characters of Macbeth DVD
- Use your Oxford Press edition of Macbeth and finish work on the Episode 1 questions (Act I sc. 1-4) , episode 2 questions (Act I sc. 5-7), and  Episode 3 (Act II sc. 1-2)
- Start  Episode 4 (Act II sc. 3-4) questions.

Thurs. Apr. 12/12  Macbeth Online Play
- 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 (Act I sc. 5-7) and Episode 3 questions (Act. II sc. 1-2).

Tues. Apr. 10/12 - Wed. Apr. 11/12

WED:  TRU Day of Art and Science Registration

- The lab is booked for this class. (last poetry blogging class)

- Complete the four poetry blogging tasks on the poetry unit assignment sheet.

- In the computer lab, set up your blog at Blogger.com (sign in with your Google Docs username and password. Do not make a new account). You can customize your blog's privacy and comment moderation settings through your Blogger Dashboard "settings" and "comments" tabs.
- When you've finished the blogging assignments, email the link to your blog (en8a at yahoo.ca). Put your name and block in the email subject line.