English 10 Honors
Monday
2/08/16
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in
detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is
shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple
or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other
characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
A Short Quiz to Get Us Started
Learning Targets:
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To take a careful look at how a complex character is created and how
he/she evolves over the course of a work of literature.
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To gain a further understanding for characters and conflicts in Macbeth.
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Subtext
o Defining and Practicing
o Exercises
o Reading subtext from Stress and Inflection
o Shakespearean subtext
o Subtext in 1.5 and 1.6
 From the passage 1.5.61-86
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Soliloquy: Voices inside Macbeth’s head
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The Seduction Scene 1.7.29-96
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Subtext: examples? Turn ‘em in . . .
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Soliloquy: Voices inside Macbeth’s head
o Break it down: how many voices? Groups, then read it out as parts.
Word trace follow-up: “Make Thick My Blood”
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Homework: 1) Finish T-chart for Macbeth’s head (or whatever artistic
representation of this works for you); 2) List Lady Macbeth’s arguments, quote
lines. 3) Read Act 2 through Scene 3.
English 10 Honors
Tuesday
2/09/16
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in
detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is
shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple
or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other
characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
 Macbeth: Close Reader, Act One.
English 10 Honors
Wednesday
2/10/16
 Macbeth: Closed Book Quiz, Act One.