Apr. 28 - May 2: Macbeth

DUE Wed. Apr. 30: Survey Report, Paragraphs and Survey Poetry Assignment 

Fri. May 2, 2014 Macbeth Online Play   Translated Macbeth Online
- View the Macbeth Characters DVD
- Review the Primary Source exercise sheet and the Secondary Source exercise sheet. These should be completed by Fri. May 9th.
- Start reading the Macbeth graphic novels after you finish working on episode 7 - 11 questions.
-  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)

Thurs. May 1, 2014 Macbeth Online Play   Translated Macbeth Online

- Start working on episode 7 - 11 questions.
-  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)
Various directors interpret the play differently with different types of witches:
- Japanese director Akira Kurosawa adapted Macbeth for a Japanese audience in this 1957 movie, Throne of Blood.
Orson Welles directed the Voodoo version of Macbeth (set in Haiti) in 1936.  
- Macbeth Retold (BBC)
- Macbeth witches from the Patrick Stewart Great Performances version of the play.


Wed. Apr. 30, 2014 Macbeth Online Play   Translated Macbeth Online

- View the Macbeth Basics DVD
- Continue reading the Macbeth graphic novels and working on episode questions.
- 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.
Orson Welles directed the Voodoo version of Macbeth (set in Haiti) in 1936. 

Mon. Apr. 28 - Tues. Apr. 29, 2014  Macbeth Online Play

Monday- 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).
Tuesday- View Introduction to Shakespeare 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.

Apr. 22 - 25: Poetry / Survey Development

Documentary Poem (16) DUE Thurs. Apr. 24
Survey Report, Paragraphs and Survey Poetry Assignment DUE Wed. Apr. 30

Optional: Please complete students' surveys below:
Injury Survey
Organic Food Survey
Sports 
Body Image 
Religion Survey 
Basketball
Environment Opinions 
Health Survey
Sexual Harassment
LGBT Rights 
Technology and Happiness
Crimes and Repercussions
School 
Cell Phones 
Holidays 
Football
Environmental Perspectives
Social Trust
Body Image
Dating
Video Games
Self Harm
Body Shape
Teens and Alcohol 
Television 
Travel 
Vehicles
Weight
What Phone?
Golf
Stanley Cup
High School 
Women in Society
Gaming It
Planning 10
Friends 
Weight Lifting 

Tues. Apr. 22, 2014 - Fri. Apr. 25
- Writing Skill Review of antecedent and pronoun agreement rules and examples.
Use pronouns accurately to avoid wordiness and confusion.
- This week, you will be authoring an online survey, participating in surveys produced by others in English 11, writing a report on your results and completing a poem on the topic of surveys.
- Use these classes to finish off your poetry questions / blogs and produce an online survey, and respond to student surveys.
 1.- Assignment: Work alone or with one partner to develop a student survey on a topic of interest to you and/or your partner. Consult the Debatabase for topic ideas.
- 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 all week to put your survey online, participate in other surveys, and examine and report on your results. You can use the Google Forms application of Google Drive in the lab to create and 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.  
- Please complete the Sample Survey
 
 

Apr. 14 - 16: Poetry

Term 4 assignments: Team Short Story DUE Mon. Apr. 7th; 
Sonnet DUE Fri. Apr. 11; Poetry project DUE Tues. Apr. 15

Wed. Apr. 16, 2014

- In preparation for today's documentary poem, view Mountains In Motion.
- Complete poem and other assignments

Tues. Apr. 15, 2014

- 25 min. for essay completion, assignment completion or self-directed reading.


 

   

Mon. Apr. 14
- In-class poetry synthesis essay 

April 7 - 11: Poetry

Term 3 deadline is Wed. Apr. 9th (includes all short story quizzes)
Term 4 assignments: Team Short Story DUE Mon. Apr. 7th; Sonnet DUE Fri. Apr. 11; Poetry project DUE Tues. Apr. 15 

Tues. Apr. 8 - Fri. Apr. 11, 2013 - Poetry

- The lab is booked for these four classes. You may choose either the worksheet (Option A) or the blogging tasks (Option B) or the poetry poster (Option C) for this poetry unit:

- Option A:  You will complete Part One (except ques. 2 of General Subjects) on the worksheet tasks. You may write or type your answers. Hand in the answers on paper (64 marks).
OR

- Option B: You will complete the four poetry blogging tasks on the poetry blogging unit assignment sheet. Email the URL for your completed blog (64 marks).

- 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.

OR
- Option C: You will write original poems to display on a poster in the school hallway. See the Poetry Poster assignment sheet. - See different examples and forms of poetry.

Mon. Apr. 7, 2014

- Shakespearean sonnets: Today we'll review the characteristics of a sonnet.
- Review the sonnet lesson.
- Read Ozymandias and view / listen to this sonnet read by Bryan Cranston in the context of Breaking Bad.

- Start writing your own 14 line sonnet.

- View the video of David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd, singing Shakespeare's Sonnet 18