1.
Have Act II of Macbeth completed and have all of Macbeth Act II Starred Quotations completed
1.
Standardized Quiz #1 this week
2.
Question of the Day sheet for the week of March 16, 2015 (#51)
 In Act I, what is Lady Macbeth’s main concern about Macbeth?
3.
Daily Edits Set #7, sentence #3 (#53)
4.
Lord of the Flies tests
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Returned and discussed yesterday
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You keep the essay portion; I keep the quotations & the psychology portion
(unfortunately, I’ve had cheating incidents in the past few years)
 If you’d like to talk about your test, I’m more than willing to do that either before or after class or school
5.
Sonnet I (#50)
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Theme suggestions
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What once was sweet can become deadly
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Life triumphs death
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Time dulls infatuation
 Love isn’t perfect
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Reiff notes:
 Millay’s background, her influence on the sonnet form, her social activism, her rock star status during the height of the Great Depression, and Millay’s open marriage with her husband! [get notes!]
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Q1: The first line sets the tone for the entire sonnet. Insulting, divisive, and critical. “I can bear thy beauty” is KEY!! “Bear” is the word around which the rest of the sonnet centers. Tolerate, endure, to bring forth, permit, withstand: to put up with!
 Q2: Still thinks about him. Still loves him. Can’t escape him physically and/or mentally. ENDED HERE YESTERDAY
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Q3: Addiction like alcohol or drugs. Love itself is addictive. She adds an additional drop of poison to her drink every day in order to build up immunity or tolerance.
 Last line: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!

6.
Macbeth motifs (Study Guide #55)
 Appearances can be deceiving : someone is hiding something. In the movies today, if a character’s face is even partially shadowed, it is meant to symbolize that he or she is hiding something or that his or her character has not been fully revealed
 Blood equals Guilt : a character sees blood as a result of his or her feelings of guilt
 Darkness : this refers to when evil things occur at night. Do not write down events just because they occur at night
 Sleeplessness : similar to Blood equals Guilt, in that a character has difficulty sleeping because he or she feels guilty.
 Masculinity vs. Femininity : brainstorm. What are the traits normally associated with men? What are the traits normally associated with women? Masculinity vs.
Femininity refers to times when those traditional roles are reversed (when a man acts more like a woman or vice versa)
 Ambition : do not simply record examples because they contain the word
“ambition.” In fact, when ambition is mentioned in the play, it rarely is an example of the motif. Examine the decisions made by characters. If those decisions are driven merely by ambition, that is an example of the motif!
7.
Macbeth allusions (Study Guide #55)
8.
Macbeth plot structure (Study Guide #55)
 Protagonist: character around whom the action is center (NOT NECESSARILY
“the good guy” or “the hero”). Remember, “pro” means “for.” On the front side of your handout, cross out the part in “3. Rising Action” where it says “the hero of the play”!
 Antagonist: character who goes against the protagonist. Remember, “anta” is similar to “anti,” which means “against”
 Think of Romeo & Juliet
 Act I: Exposition (Romeo & Juliet meet)
 Act II: Rising Action (balcony scene)
 Act III: Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action (marriage! Mercutio is killed!
Tybalt is killed! Romeo is banished!)
 Act IV: Falling Action (Romeo’s banishment! Juliet is being forced to marry
Paris! Friar Laurence suggests she fakes her own death!)
 Think of the plot structure as a roller coaster. At the bottom, it’s a disaster!!
1.
Sample AP exam (#5)
2.
Method to the Madness of Metaphors (#47)
3.
Elements of a Sonnet (#48)
4.
Sonnet 18 (#49)
5.
Sonnet I (#50)
6.
Question of the Day sheet for the week of March 16, 2015 (#51)
7.
Daily Edits Set #6 review paragraph (#52)

8.
Daily Edits Set #7 (#53)
9.
Macbeth Reading Schedule (#54)
10.
Macbeth Study Guide (#55)
11.
Tone (#56)
1.
Monday, February 23, 2015 through Friday, March 6, 2015: Standardized Quiz
#1window
2.
Friday, March 20, 2015: Have Act III of Macbeth completed and have all of Macbeth
Act III Starred Quotations completed
3.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015: Have Act IV of Macbeth completed and have all of
Macbeth Act IV Starred Quotations completed
4.
Thursday, March 26, 2015: Have Act V of Macbeth completed and have all of
Macbeth Act V Starred Quotations completed
5.
Friday, March 27, 2015: multiple-choice portion of the Macbeth test, which will count on Q3. The essay will be given upon our return from Spring Break, and it will count on Q4.
6.
Friday, March 27, 2015: End of Marking Period Three
7.
Monday, March 23, 2015 through Friday, April 10, 2015: Standardized mid-term window
8.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015: First day back from spring break
9.
Friday, April 10, 2015: Rockin’ the Schoolhouse show in HHS auditorium at 7:00
PM
10.
Friday, May 1, 2015: Act 80 day (students out at 11:00 AM). Senior Prom night.
11.
Monday, May 4, 2015: Surrrrrrrrrrre, you’ll be here.
12.
Monday, May 4, 2015 through Friday, May 15, 2015: AP testing window
13.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015: English Literature & Composition AP exam (morning session)
14.
Monday, May 11, 2015 through Friday, May 22, 2015: Standardized Quiz #2 window
15.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 through Wednesday, May 27, 2015: Keystone Testing window
16.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015: No school (in-service day for teachers)
17.
Friday, May 22, 2015: Final deadline for SLO essay revisions (more details later)
18.
Monday, May 25, 2015: No school (Memorial Day)
19.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015: Senior Final Exams for blocks 1 & 2 (regular school day)
20.
Thursday, June 4, 2015: Senior Final Exams for blocks 3 & 4 (regular school day)
21.
Monday, June 8, 2015: Graduation at Villanova at 7:30 PM!