Name: ___________________________________ Date: _____________Class: ________________
Omega 6 English/Project 3
Macbeth Journal
Look at my diary entry for Duncan:
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The battle is won! How my heart is filled with love for my kinsman Macbeth and for my valiant general
Banquo. I am so proud that I have inspired such valor and loyalty in my subjects. Many have said that I have
been too kind and generous with the thanes that fall under my rule. However, I can now point to these hearty
warrior’s deeds of courage and loyalty, and I can say that it is because I have been kind and munificent that
these men have fought so heartily to keep my seat upon the throne. My greatest accomplishment is that I have
kept Scotland whole. I warded off the treachery of Cawdor and Norway. King Duncan will be remembered for
not the many battles that were fought in this reign, but for my ability to keep my country whole. I attribute this
to my temperate nature and the love that this has inspired in the thanes that serve me. I only hope that in the
future I will be able to continue my reign without any further shedding of blood. For now, I rest easy in the home
of the brave and noble Macbeth.
You are going to create a journal with three entries for one character from Macbeth. You may
choose Macbeth, Banquo, or Lady Macbeth. Use the questions on the attached sheet to create
these entries. Your entries must be supported by textual evidence from the play.
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Choose a character: _________________________________________
Write a seven to ten-sentence entry for the character’s point of view from the start of the play.
The entry must reflect the character’s voice and the events that occur in the plot at the beginning
of the play. Use the attached questions to frame the journal entry. Each of the three
entries should address a different question.
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Write a seven to ten-sentence entry for the character’s point of view from the mid-point in the
play. Again, you must use one of the questions to frame the entry.
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Write a seven to ten-sentence entry for the character’s point of view at the end of the play, or for
Banquo toward the end of his life. Again, you must use one of the questions to frame the entry.
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Revise your entries. Use language that reflects the character from whose point of view you are
writing. Type or hand write the entry neatly on paper that fits neatly inside your journal.
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Create a booklet to keep your entries in. Use the oak tag paper you received in class. The cover
should include three symbols for your character. For example, my journal for Duncan is royal
purple to symbolize his royal status, it has a sword on it to symbolize his embattled reign upon the
throne upon it, and it also has a heart upon it to symbolize his kind heart. The cover is a creative
component and should be neat, creative, and colorful.
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Use the rubric on the back of this sheet to assess your work. Make revisions or changes to
improve your work where necessary.
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Collect and organize your work. Please attach your early draft or drafts of your journal entries.
Paper clip your early drafts and this assignment sheet to your journal.
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Submit your completed work to me on Tuesday, December 1
Scoring
Rubric
Process
20 points (excellent) 16 points (good)
Journal is passed in
with all components.
Journal has a cover,
three entries, is
neatly constructed,
and demonstrates
superior attention to
detail with colorful
and creative
components
Descriptive Includes 3 welldeveloped journal
Language:
entries that
Voice and
Plot Events demonstrate superior
understanding of the
character’s voice and
the events in the
play. 7-10 sentences
in length. Each entry
addresses one of the
framing questions.
There are no spelling
Spelling
errors.
Conventions Journal uses correct
punctuation,
and
capitalization, and
Grammar
sentence structure.
The use of
“Shakespeare’s”
English is
appropriate.
Structure,
Creativity,
and
Presentation
Journal is passed in
with most
components.
Journal has a cover,
three entries, is
neatly constructed,
and shows attention
to detail with some
colorful and creative
components.
Includes 3 journal
entries that
demonstrate
understanding of the
character’s voice
and the events in the
play. 7-10
sentences.
There are less than 3
spelling errors.
Journal has few
errors in
punctuation,
capitalization, and
sentence structure.
Poem score: _______________________
.
14 points
(satisfactory)
Journal is passed in
without early drafts
of journal entries.
13 points (needs
Includes 3 journal
entries, some
demonstrate some
basic understanding
of character’s voice
and plot of play.
Too few or too
many sentences. The
entries do not
answer one of the
framing questions.
There are less than 5
spelling errors.
Journal has several
errors in
punctuation,
capitalization, and
sentence structure.
Journal entries show
weak character
voice or weak
understanding of the
play’s plot events.
Too few or too
many sentences
and/or do not use
the framing
questions.
improvement)
Journal is passed in
without any
additional
components or in
disarray.
Journal has a cover
The organization of
and three entries and the journal is weak.
shows some
attention to detail
with some color
There are more than
5 spelling errors.
Journal has many
errors that interfere
with the reader’s
ability to
understanding the
journal entries.