- View the Macbeth Characters DVD
- Review the Primary Source exercise sheet. This should be completed by Tues. May 5th.
- 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)
Various directors interpret the play differently with different types of witches:
- 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:
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.
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.
Poetry Blogs DUE Fri. Apr. 24 Poetry Synthesis Essay (in-class) on Thurs. Apr. 23 (all materials will be provided). FINAL MARKING DEADLINE for April work is Wed. Apr. 22 (term end) Fri. Apr. 24, 2015
- Lab time is booked today. Finish your poetry blogs and type two good copy paragraphs to staple to all your rough copies.
- Finish the in-class essay. Thurs. Apr. 23, 2015
- In-class synthesis essay (all materials supplied in class)
Tues. Apr. 21 - Wed, Apr. 22, 2015
- Complete all four poetry blogging assignments
-When your blogging tasks are finished, send your blog for marking by going to the top of your published blog page. Click "More". Select "Share By Email." --- In the email box, type en8a@yahoo.ca
---In the message box, type your full name.
---Hand in your blog assignment marking sheet with your name on it.
DUE Tues. Apr. 14: Individual or Team Short Story DUE Wed. Apr. 15: Sonnet and Interview poem FINAL MARKING DEADLINE for April work is Wed. Apr. 22 (term end) Fri. Apr. 17, 2015
- Finish the "Found Poems" and the "Privacy Poem" assignments.
- Start the "Video Poem" assignment.
- Find a short video from Wikimedia Commons to upload to DotSub.com.
- Caption a poem(s) over at least 30 seconds of video to complement the visual imagery.
- Embed the video poem on your blog.
See an example. This poem has alliteration (Bear Brothers); metaphor
(snowy mat); personification (They speak in bear); repetition (Be
patient / Be prepared / Be ferocious):
Thurs. Apr. 16, 2015
- Start work on the "Privacy Poem" assignment according to the instructions.
Privacy Poem Example (abcb rhyme pattern)
Private Living
Give up civilized life for a cave
Digital secrets can’t betold
Prepare for your social life deepfreeze
Get used to your time in the cold
Nothing online for people to save
On Ebay you’ll never be sold
“I’m off the grid” now you can wheeze
“Life’s filled with cavernous mold !”
Instead of a Tweet you’ll give ‘em a wave
‘cause e-mail is even toobold
ID protection will be a real breeze
Hacking thieves can’t ever take hold
If it’s privacy you frequently crave
Guess it’s a sign that you’re old
Disconnected life’s as fun as youplease
By computers you can’t be controlled
Privacy by Robert W. Service
Oh you who are shy of the popular eye,
(Though most of us seek to survive it)
Just think of the goldfish who wanted to die
Because she could never be private.
There are pebbles and reeds for aquarium needs
Of eel and of pike who are bold fish;
But who gives a thought to a sheltering spot
For the sensitive soul of a goldfish?
So the poor little thing swam around in a ring,
In a globe of a crystalline crudity;
Swam round and swam round, but no refuge she found
From the public display of her nudity;
No weedy retreat for a cloister discreet,
From the eye of the mob to exempt her;
Can you wonder she paled, and her appetite failed,
Till even a fly couldn't tempt her?
I watched with dismay as she faded away;
Each day she grew slimmer and slimmer.
From an amber that burned, to a silver she turned
Then swiftly was dimmer and dimmer.
No longer she gleamed, like a spectre she seemed,
One morning I anxiously sought her:
I only could stare - she no longer was there . . .
She'd simply dissolved in the water.
So when you behold bright fishes of gold,
In globes of immaculate purity;
Just think how they'd be more contented and free
If you gave them a little obscurity.
And you who make laws, get busy because
You can brighten the lives of untold fish,
If it's sadness you note, and a measure promote
To Ensure Private Life For The Goldfish.
- In the computer lab, set up your blog atBlogger.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. - Follow the instructions for assignment 1 on the poetry blogging assignment. - See foundarticlepoem and found Twitter poemexamples below:
Tues. Apr. 14, 2015
- Blk. H will be peer editing during the first half hour of class.
- Blks. G and H: Start work on the interview poem assignment. Due Wed. Apr. 15
- Finish your sonnet
Mon. Apr. 13, 2015
- 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. This poem was written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, and it was inspired by an ancient Egyptian statue of Ramses II. Shelley wrote the poem for a sonnet competition he was having with friends.
- 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
Final Marking DEADLINE for March work is Fri. Apr. 10th. DUE Tues. Apr. 14: Individual or Team Short Story DUE Tues. Apr. 7: "Always A Motive" questions (6)
Tues. Apr. 7 - Fri. Apr. 10, 2015
- Review details on the Team Short Story Assignment. - Start short stories in the lab. You will have four lab classes to complete a story. Find short story ideas at:
