WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 28
Please go ahead and started on thou DGP and get
ready to jump back into the world of Macbeth!
AGENDA FOR THE DAY
 DGP/Vocabulary 6 quiz on Friday! Flashcards for +5 points
extra credit.
 Finish film comparison/contrast (3rd block)/ Perform 32-Second
Act 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth
 Begin working on Socratic seminar questions and answers for
Act 1. These are due on Friday, September 30th.
 Begin Act 2
SOCRATIC SEMINAR
QUESTIONS
 You will need three level 1 questions.
SOCRATIC SEMINAR
QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
 We are focusing on Act 1 level 1 questions/answers
 You will need 3 level 1 questions with their answers (along with textual
evidence/line numbers).
 Remember to write in present tense when you are writing about literature.
Literature is ALWAYS occurring as one reads it, so it is present tense.
SOCRATIC SEMINAR
QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
 We are focusing on Act 1 level 1 questions/answers
 You will need 3 level 1 questions with their answers (along with textual
evidence/line numbers).
 Level 1 questions (refer to your house handout):
• You can find the answer directly in the text.
• You may not use this example:
• Question: What do the witches promise Banquo?
• Answer: They say that his children are going to be kings:
“Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none” (1.3.68).
SOCRATIC SEMINAR
QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
 You will need two level 2 questions/answers
 Level 2 question/answer example: Analyze Lady Macbeth’s behavior
when she receives Macbeth’s letter telling her of the witches’ prophesy.
• Answer: Lady Macbeth is claiming that they will need to kill the king, but
she doesn’t believe that Macbeth is “man enough” or essentially tough
enough to kill the king. She claims, “Yet I do fear thou nature:/ It is too
full o’ the’ milk of human kindness/ to catch the nearest way; thou
wouldst be great,/ Art not without ambition, but without/the illness
should attend it” (1.5.15-19).
SOCRATIC SEMINAR
QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
 You will need two level 3 questions/answers
 Example question/answer: After finishing Act 1, predict if Macbeth
will go through with Duncan’s murder. Why or why not?
• Answer: Macbeth will go through with the murder because of the
guilt and methods which Lady Macbeth uses to persuade him. She
considers him a coward and less of a man if he doesn’t follow
through with the murder: “and live a coward in thine own esteem”
(1.7.43).
 Go ahead and begin working your own questions/answers! We
will walk around to answer any questions/concerns you may have
THE TRA GEDY OF
MACBETH: ACT 2
 Don’t forget your on-task reading points
 You can work on your:
• Character map (Shakespeare packet)
• Tragic Hero cause and effect chart
• Act 2 Socratic seminar questions
You can also be annotating your test as we read