There were no handouts for today.
IN CLASS TODAY:
We started Macbeth! We look at Act I, scenes 1 and 2, and just got a sense of who these people are and the world they live in. We started by talking about tricks to figure out the language.
We then read the scenes to figure out plot.
We focused on several lines to practice this.
- 1. For brave Macbeth
- 2. —well he deserves that name—
- 3. Disdaining fortune,
- 4. with his brandish'd steel,
- 5. Which smoked with bloody execution,
- 6. Like valor's minion
- 7. carved out his passage
- 8. Till he faced the slave;
- 9. Which ne'er shook hands,
- 10. nor bade farewell to him,
- 11. Till he unseamed him from the nave to th’ chops,
- 12. And fixed his head upon our battlements.
We identified the unresolved questions we have to carry us into the next scenes.
CLASS NOTES: There were no notes for today.
HOMEWORK: Work on the essay assignment. Tonight, you start analyzing the essay in depth. Begin by listing stated and unstated premises (assumptions) the author makes throughout, and identifying what qualifies as evidence.
Remember to consult the questions on the assignment sheet!!
Bring your vocabulary books with you tomorrow. We will conclude unit 6.
TIP FOR TESTS & EXAMS!
Look at the two scenes we discussed today. What would you say are important quotes and why? Flag them in your book, and write a note of explanation. Keep this up as we go through the play!
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