WELCOME
I trust you to know where you
need to sit, so choose wisely and
have a seat.
When the bell rings you should
be seated and ready to begin.
AGENDA
•Warm-up
•Housekeeping
•Writing
Sample
•Learner Poll and Reflection
•Who Are We?
•Goals
AUGUST 26
Warm-up: Looking Back
Where were you at this time last
year? Describe yourself and
how you have changed since
last year. (Think deeper
than…well, I used to have long
hair, but now it’s short.)
Make sure to write a full paragraph.
Warm-up continued:
Looking Forward
Where will you be at this time
next year? Describe how you
think your life will be different.
If you don’t think it will be
different, explain why.
Make sure to write a full paragraph.
WHAT IS A HERO?
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Write a FULL page.
Give evidence.
Write legibly.
WHAT TYPE OF LEARNER
ARE YOU?
Visual
Auditory
Read-Write
Kinesthetic
ARE YOU A VISUAL LEARNER?
They tend to be fast talkers.
 They exhibit impatience and have a tendency to
interrupt.
 They use words and phrases that evoke visual
images.
 They learn by seeing and visualizing.
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ARE YOU AN AUDITORY LEARNER?
They speak slowly and tend to be natural
listeners.
 They think in a linear manner.
 They prefer to have things explained to them
verbally rather than to read written information.
 They learn by listening and verbalizing.
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ARE YOU A READ-WRITE LEARNER?
They prefer for information to be displayed in
writing, such as lists of ideas.
 They emphasize text-based input and output.
 They enjoy reading and writing in all forms.
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ARE YOU A KINESTHETIC LEARNER?
They tend to be the slowest talkers of all.
 They tend to be slow to make decisions.
 They use all their senses to engage in learning.
 They learn by doing and solving real-life
problems.
 They like hands-on approaches to things and
learn through trial and error.
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REFLECT
How do you know what type of learner you are?
What is your evidence? What does this mean for
you in the classroom? What does this mean for
your teacher? Knowing this information about
yourself, what do you need to do to be successful
in this class?
BODY BIO
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Heart: Who or what do you hold near and
dear to your heart?
Spine: What is your goal? What drives
you…your thoughts…your actions?
Feet: Where are you going? What journey
are you on?
Mirror: How do people see you? Is this
how you see yourself?
Color: What color is a symbol of you and
why?
REFLECT
 Write
at least 3 goals for this class and a
to do list of how to accomplish them.
AUGUST 27
Grab a green book off the shelf. We’ll be using these
today. Then, go ahead and get started on the warmup.
Warm – up: Where do
monsters lurk?
What does evil mean to you?
Write your own definition of
the word and provide some
examples of real-life
monsters.
AGENDA
Characteristics of a hero/monster
 Research Anglo-Saxon History
 Define Academic Vocabulary
 Read Beowulf
 Text Analysis
 Your own Heroic Introduction
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ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY
Read assigned section.
 Write down interesting facts.
 Each person shares one with class.
 Responsible to keep info shared in day book.
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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY – PG 41
Epic Poetry
 Caesura
 Kenning
 Alliteration
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HEROIC INTRODUCTION
Greeting
 Past Victories
 Current Mission
 Kennings
 Alliteration
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AUGUST 28
-Take out a sheet of paper (can be
a half sheet).
-Name and Date.
-Number 1-5…maybe skip a line or
two between.
-Take out pg 15 (if you don’t know
what I am talking about, don’t
worry about it).
-Clear your desk.
AGENDA
Beowulf in Old English
 Identify Academic Vocabulary in Beowulf
 New Academic Vocab
 Compare/Contrast Our Heroes to Beowulf
 Read Beowulf’s Battle – pg 50
 Final Reflection
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FINDING ACADEMIC VOCAB
Alliteration
 Kennings
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ACADEMIC VOCAB
Symbol – person, place or object that has a
concrete meaning in itself and also stands for
something beyond itself, such as an idea or
feeling (Ex: Herot)
 Metaphor – figure of speech in which a word or
phrase that ordinarily means one thing is applied
to another thing to suggest a likeness between
the two (Ex: whale road)
 Scop – professional poet; performances were set
musical history lessons, moral sermons, and pep
talks
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REFLECTION
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Why does Beowulf let Grendel kill a fellow Geat
before he jumps into action? Would you have
done the same or not? Explain your response.
AUGUST 29
Warm-up: Think of a popular
song, radio commercial jingle,
or song you remember from
childhood for which you know
all or most of the words. Write
it down and analyze the
elements that make the song so
memorable.
2ND PERIOD AGENDA
Finish Beowulf and perform it in groups.
 Academic Vocab
 Chaucer – pg 142
 Middle English Prologue Extra Credit
 Prologue Partners and Body Bio
 Modern Pilgrim Project
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3RD PERIOD AGENDA
5 minute Beowulf performance prep
 Beowulf performances
 Academic Vocab
 Chaucer – pg 142
 Middle English Prologue Extra Credit
 Prologue Partners and Body Bio
 Modern Pilgrim Project
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AUGUST 30
Warm-up: Describe the most
interesting person you have ever met.
2ND PERIOD AGENDA
Academic Vocab
 Chaucer – pg 142
 Prologue Partners and Body Bio
 Middle English Prologue Extra Credit
 Modern Pilgrim Project
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3RD PERIOD AGENDA
Prologue Partners and Body Bio
 Middle English Prologue Extra Credit
 Modern Pilgrim Project
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ACADEMIC VOCAB
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Frame story – joins one or more stories within a story
Prologue – intro to a literary work; can establish setting
and give background
Medieval literature – ballads, romances, allegories, and
moral tales; most were religious – but some dealt with love,
exemplary life and behavior, and political and social issues
Ballads – narrative songs (tragic love, domestic conflicts,
disastrous wars, shipwrecks, sensational crimes, exploits of
outlaws, celebrated historical events, romantic heroes,
revenge, rebellion, envy, betrayal, and superstition)
Allegories – narrative in which something concrete
represents something abstract (Ex. Cowardly Lion; Animal
Farm, Pilgrim’s Progress)
Dramatic irony – reader knows more than the character
Verbal irony – someone says one thing but means another
Situational irony – what is expected to happen is not what
actually happens
PROLOGUE PARTNERS
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Knight – pg 146
Squire – pg 147
Nun – pg 148
Monk – pg 149
Worthy Woman – pg 156
Parson – pg157
Plowman – pg 158
Miller – pg 159
Summoner – 161
Pardoner – pg 162
Friar – pg 150
Oxford Cleric – pg 152
Yeoman – pg 147
MODERN PILGRIM PROJECT
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Front Cover
Picture (drawing or collage)
 Title
 Author’s Name
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Description of Pilgrim
Status in life (student/celebrity/politician)
 Physical description
 20 lines of rhyming couplets
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The Tale
2 or more pages (double-spaced) 3 if written
 Reflection of the character
 Moral or message
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About the Author
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2 paragraphs
SEPTEMBER 3
Warm-up:
“Money is the root of all evil.”
Do you agree/disagree? Why?
AGENDA
New Acad Vocab
 Analyze modern depiction of greed
 Re-read Pardoner’s Prologue
 Read Pardoner’s Tale and complete analysis
 Compare/Contrast Pardoner’s Tale to modern
depiction
 Final Reflection
 HW
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Day books due on Monday September 9
 Test Monday September 9
 Be ready to write a resume tomorrow
 Flash drive
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ACADEMIC VOCAB
Iambic pentameter – line of poetry with 5 meters,
or 10 syllables
 Characterization - techniques an author uses to
develop characters including description of the
character’s appearance; character’s speech,
thoughts, and actions; responses of other
characters to the character; and direct comments
from the narrator.
 Satire - a literary work that ridicules its subject
in order to make a comment or criticism about it
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THE DARK KNIGHT
REFLECTION
Why is the theme of the Pardoner’s Tale
still being repeated today? Describe
another source (TV show, song, book, etc)
where you have seen this theme repeated.
(Casino, Jerry Maguire, Slumdog
Millionaire, Do You Want to be a
Millionaire, The Lorax, A Christmas
Carol, “Billionaire,” “Bills-Bills-Bills,”
“Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems”)
SEPTEMBER 4
Agenda:
•Grammar Diagnostic
•Lab
-Cover Page
-Table of Contents
-Resume
SEPTEMBER 5
Agenda:
•Grammar Diagnostic
•Lab
-Resume
-Pilgrim Project
PROJECT RUBRIC
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Front Cover Picture: 5 _____
Front Cover Title: 5 _____
Front Cover Name: 5 ______
Pilgrim Physical Description: 5 ______
Pilgrim Psychological Description: 5 ______
Description Length: 5 _______
Description Rhyme: 5 _______
Story Length: 10 ______
Story Moral: 10 _____
Story Reflection of Character: 10 ______
About the Author Length: 10 _______
Grammar, Mechanics, etc.: 15 _______
Appearance: 10 ______
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THE REAL HOUSEWIFE
BY: MRS. GILLESPIE
THE REAL HOUSEWIFE
Last to sleep, first to rise
The one who soothes the babies cries
She scrambles the eggs and toast the bread
Making sure her family’s fed…
The tale I will tell may surprise you
But believe me, the tale I tell is true
THE REAL HOUSEWIFE’S TALE
Every morning Jack is up before the sun. He
takes a shower, gets dressed, and heads to the
kitchen for a bite to eat. He rarely sits for lack of
time, and usually grabs his food and hurries
outside.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sarah Gillespie was born in Miami, Florida. Her
parents were immigrants from Cuba when they
were young. She has two older sisters and a
younger sister. In high school, she hated English
and enjoyed playing volleyball, softball, and
basketball…
She graduated from UNCC in 2009 with a
Bachelor’s Degree in English. In 2013, she
completed her Education Degree…
SEPTEMBER 6
Warm-up:
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Would you rather spend the
rest of your life with
someone who is ugly and
faithful OR beautiful and
unfaithful? Why?
What do women want?
AGENDA
2nd period: Turn in creative writing HW
 Text Book Logins
 Go over day book requirements
 Return work
 Create grade tracker for day book
 Discuss constructed response and textual
evidence
 Review academic vocab
 Practice Prologue – possible extra credit for test
and project
 Discuss products
 Read Wife of Bath’s Tale – pg 183
 Wife Theme Questions
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SEPTEMBER 9
-No warm-up
-Take out Study Guide for Test
-Turn In Day Books/NoteBooks;
make a stack in the front
AGENDA
View and Analyze Wife of Bath
 Go over Beowulf Quiz
 Go over Study Guide
 Take Beowulf/Chaucer Test
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WIFE OF BATH VIEWING AND ANALYSIS
Wife of Bath
 What was the knight’s crime?
 What was his punishment?
 According to the wife, what do women want?
 How do you know the knight learned his lesson?
 Did the knight get what he deserved?
 What is the moral of the story?
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2ND PERIOD BEOWULF QUIZ
Grendel is a descendent of what man? Cain
 Is Beowulf a Geat or a Dane? Geat
 How does Beowulf kill Grendel? Rip him to pieces
 What symbolic gesture does Beowulf do after his
battle with Grendel? Hang up his arm
 What is the name of the mead-hall? Herot
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3RD PERIOD BEOWULF QUIZ
Is Beowulf a Dane or a Geat? Geat
 What impression of Beowulf does the poet convey
through Beowulf’s opening remarks to Hrothgar?
Bold and confident; many heroic deeds; proud
 Why does Beowulf come to see Hrothgar?
Volunteer to kill Beowulf
 What were the warriors doing in Herot when
Grendel attacked? Sleeping because they had
been drinking
 Grendel is a descendent of what man? Cain
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SEPTEMBER 10
Good Morning.
AGENDA
Finish test – 15-20 min
 New Acad Vocab
 Sonnet Notes
 Paraphrase Sonnets
 Create Visual Representations
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ACAD VOCAB
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Sonnet – 14 line lyric poem
Octave – first 8 lines
Sestet – last 6 lines
Quatrains – stanzas of 4 lines
Couplet – 2 lines
Petrarchan Sonnet – abbaabba
cdcdcd
Octave that establishes situation
 Sestet that resolves, draws conclusion about or expresses
reaction to situation
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Shakespearean Sonnet – abab cdcd efef gg
1ST Quatrain introduces situation
 2nd Quatrain explores the situation
 3rd Quatrain usually includes a turn or shift in thought
 Couplet resolves the situation
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Iambic pentameter – line of poetry with 5 meters, or 10
syllables
SEPTEMBER 11
Good Morning.
AGENDA
Turn in your Product Description
 HW – We are making a timeline tomorrow
 Sonnet Partner Work
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SONNET PARTNER WORK
YOU MUST FINISH TODAY!
Sonnet Number
 Author
 Identify the rhyme scheme
 Paraphrase the sonnet
 Create a visual representation of the sonnet
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Spencer
Sonnet 30 – pg 320
 Sonnet 75 – pg 321
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Shakespeare
Sonnet 29 – pg 328
 Sonnet 116 – pg 329
 Sonnet 130 – pg 330
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Petrach
Sonnet 90 – pg 336
 Sonnet 292 – pg 337
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SEPTEMBER 12
Agree/Disagree
1. Behind every great man is a great woman.
2. Witches, demons, and evil spirits actually exist.
3. Sometimes it is necessary to do something wrong
to get what you want.
4. What goes around comes around.
5. There are circumstances or events that justify
murder.
6. Success is worth any price.
7. Criminals can still feel love, fear, and concern for
other people.
8. One mistake always leads to another.
9. A guilty conscious will destroy you.
10. Greed and ambition are the same.
AGENDA
The Globe
 Finish Sonnets and Present
 Shakespeare Quotes
 Shakespeare academic vocab
 Macbeth Cast of Characters
 Read Act 1 Scene 1 pg 350
 Compare/Contrast with Audio and Visual
Productions
 Analyze Act 1 Quotes
 Bring the research back tomorrow
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SHAKESPEARE QUOTES
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"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury
Caesar, not to praise him". Quote (Julius Caesar Act III, Scene II).
"But, for my own part, it was Greek to me". - Julius Caesar Quote
(Act I, Scene II).
"To be, or not to be: that is the question". Hamlet quote (Act III, Sc.
I).
"This above all: to thine own self be true" Hamlet quote (Act I, Sc.
III).
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't." Haml
"Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall
say good night till it be morrow."
Romeo and Juliet ( Quote Act II, Scene II).
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet". Romeo and
Juliet ( Quote Act II, Sc. II).
"‘T’is neither here nor there." Othello Quote (Act IV, Scene III).
"I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at". Othello
Quote (Act I, Scene I).et quote (Act II, Scene II).
TRAGEDY
The intention of tragedy is to exemplify the idea that
human beings are doomed to suffer, fail, or die because
of their own flaws, destiny, or fate.
P 342
TRAGIC HERO
Main character who does not live happily ever after
 Usually significant in society – king or queen
 Amazing abilities but his faults lead to his demise
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TRAGIC FLAW
A bad decision or character limitation that leads to the
ruin of the character
ANTAGONIST
The power the hero must battle
THEME
The author’s message
COMIC RELIEF
Funny scene following a serious one
BLANK VERSE
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
Line of poetry containing five meters; unstressed
syllable followed by stressed syllable
SOLILOQUY
an alone character on stage shares his thoughts with
the audience
ASIDE
a statement made by a character to the audience or
another character that is unheard by other
characters on stage
DRAMATIC IRONY
When the audience knows something the
characters do not
FORESHADOWING
Hints to something that may happen later
SITUATIONAL IRONY
when one thing is expected but another thing
occurs
METAPHOR
A comparison made by referring to one thing as
another
Example: “No man is an island.”
MOOD
The feeling the reader gets by reading the story
IMAGERY
The author’s use of words to paint a picture or
appeal to the reader’s senses
MOTIFS
A recurring element that serves as a symbol for the
piece
SYMBOLS
something that stands for something else
INVERTED SENTENCES
Normal word order is reversed
Example: In her hand are two red roses.
PARADOX
A statement that contradicts itself
Example: This is the beginning of the end.
MACBETH CAST OF CHARACTERS
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Macbeth - a Scottish general and the thane of Glamis
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Lady Macbeth - Macbeth’s wife
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Banquo - a general
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King Duncan - good King of Scotland
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Macduff - a Scottish nobleman
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Malcolm - son of Duncan
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Hecate - goddess of witchcraft
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Fleance - Banquo’s son
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Lennox - a Scottish nobleman.
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Ross - a Scottish nobleman.
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Porter - drunken doorman of Macbeth’s castle.
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Lady Macduff - Macduff’s wife
Donalbain - Duncan’s son and Malcolm’s younger brother.
ACT I SCENE 1
Audio
 Older Movie
 Newer Movie
 Movie with a twist
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SEPTEMBER 13
Macbeth Journal #1
Write a full page.
What is your highest ambition?
What are you willing to do to
get there?
AGENDA
Macbeth Journals
 Analyze Lady Macbeth
 Reading Guide for Act 1-2
 Schoology Discussion Question – due Wed
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2nd = FT2RT-HRKHQ
3rd = 2S96J-2XHFS
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth 2
Lady Macbeth 3
What words would you use to describe Lady Macbeth?
 How does Macbeth’s appearance compare or contrast
to how he was described earlier in the play?
 How would you compare Macbeth’s appearance to
Lady Macbeth’s?
 What does Lady Macbeth’s physical position
symbolize?
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SEPTEMBER 16
Warm-up: Knock, Knock!
Porter: Knock, Knock, Knock! Who’s there? Faith,
here’s an English tailor come hither for stealing
out of a French hose.
In this scene, the porter jokes around by
pretending he’s standing at the gates of hell and
welcoming in a succession of unsavory characters
– among them a tailor who skimps on the fabric
for his customers’ clothes.
Write down three of your favorite knock-knock
jokes.
AGENDA
Lottery Drawing
 HW – Schoology Due Wed
 HW – Act 1 Quiz Tomorrow
 Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Shakespeare unfamiliar language
 Review Act 1 – ID significant quotes and
academic vocab
 Complete summary fill-in
 Read Act 2
 Macbeth Journal 2
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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
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To find – Everyone in the class ______the video to be
entertaining.
To be – Each of the options _______unacceptable.
To feel – All of the people at the party, with the exception of
Tiffany, _______it is a good idea.
To need – Everyone, including the people of conservationconscious California, _____to do more to recycle.
To reward – Success ______hard work.
To be – Three-fourths of the cake ____gone.
To be – The team _____going to play on Saturday.
To pass – Time ______quickly.
To make – Enough time and enough money _______ a great
vacation.
To know – Jenny or Audrey _______ where to find him.
SHAKESPEARE UNFAMILIAR LANGUAGE
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Familiar words with unfamiliar meanings abuse=deceive;
let=hinder
Unusual arrangement of words
Demanding uses of metaphors and personification
Many, many allusions to Bible, Greek, Roman mythology
Troublesome pronouns – thee, thou
Reflexive pronouns – “fear me” = I fear
Omissions of syllables and parts of syllables – ‘sblood=his
blood
Obsolete words: ere=before, shalt=shall or will, hath=has,
doth=do, anon=hey
Familiar suffixes with unfamiliar meaning – “able”=ing;
“ful”=filled (comfortable=someone comforting someone
else)
MACBETH JOURNAL 2
Think about a time when you have done or said
something that “snowballed” to a point where you
had no control over the situation. Write about
this time and consider what you may or may not
have learned from it. (This might be someone
else you know if it didn’t happen to you.)
SEPTEMBER 17
Warm-up: “what’s done is done.”
Lady Macbeth: “ Things without
all remedy should be without
regard; what’s done, is done.”
Write a dialogue in which one
person comforts another. End
the dialogue with this phrase.
AGENDA
Subject Varb Agreement Practice
 Macbeth Quiz Act 1
 HW – Schoology due Wed
 Read Act 3
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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
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In her spare time, the art student (restore/restores)
old paintings.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Civil Rights
Memorial (was/were) designed by Maya Lin.
The short stories in this anthology (is/are) by various
contemporary American Indian writers.
The people across the hall, as well as the man in the
next apartment, (has/have) lived in the building since
the mid-1980s.
Either of these videos (is/are) suitable for a four-yearold.
Each of the boys (do/does) his own cooking.
Several of the students (has/have) transferred.
All of the exercises (seem/seems) simple.
SEPTEMBER 18
Warm-up: If you were casting a
movie version of Macbeth,
which actors would you pick to
play Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth? Why?
AGENDA
Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Schoology due today
 Read Act 4
 Macbeth Journal 3
 Macbeth Quiz Acts 2-3
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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT PRACTICE
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More of the Senate (was/were) in favor of the highway
funding bill than (was/were) against it.
A jacket or a sweater (is/are) warm enough for
tonight.
Either the singer or the musicians (is/are) off-key.
Here (is/are) the books you reserved.
When (is/are) your finals?
The team (has/have) won the semifinals.
Twenty-seven dollars (is/are) all we have raised so
far.
Eight hours (was/were) set aside for that week-long
miniseries about the Civil War.
MACBETH JOURNAL 3
CSI, Law and Order, NCIS – these are just a few of
the popular TV shows that involve solving a
mystery or finding a solution to a problem. Why
are mysteries so popular?
SEPTEMBER 19
Warm-up: “Eye of newt and toe of
frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog.”
They also add, among other
ingredients, a wolf’s tooth, a witch’s
mummified flesh, a nose, lips and the
finger of a baby that was strangled as
its prostitute mother gave birth to it.
What would you include in a heinous
witches’ brew? If you’re feeling
ambitious, write the ingredients in
rhyming verse form, as Shakespeare
does.
AGENDA
Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Macbeth Quiz Acts 2-3
 Read Act 5
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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT PRACTICE
Ninety miles (is/are) the distance between
Florida and Cuba.
 Who said, “Politics (is/are) the art of the
possible”?
 The Boy Scouts (was/were) founded in 1908 in
England.
 Many a runner (finish/finishes) a marathon long
after the winner.
 I know some people who (own/owns) a Christmastree farm.
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SEPTEMBER 20
Warm-up: Innumerable authors have
taken titles for their novels, poems,
movies, and other works from
Shakespeare (Brave New World,
What Dreams May Come, and Things
Fall Apart, just to name a few.)
If you wrote a novel and wanted to
use a phrase from Shakespeare’s
work as its title, which phrase would
you choose, and why?
AGENDA
Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Macbeth on Trial
 HW – Macbeth Final Quiz Monday
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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
To illustrate books for young readers
require/requires a vivid imagination.
 One junior, as well as four seniors, has/have been
invited to attend the Milford Youth Council next
month.
 Each one of these computers is/are on sale.
 A few in my class help/helps the coach set up the
bleachers.
 None of the people in the theater was/were
sitting in the first two rows.
 Public relations and advertising is/are exciting
but often stressful work.
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MACBETH JOURNAL 4
“Blood will have blood.”
What is the relevance of this quote from the play to
today’s world?
SEPTEMBER 23
Warm-up: After he learns that
Lady Macbeth has died,
Macbeth describes life as “a tale
told by an idiot, full of sound
and fury, signifying nothing.”
Think of a fictional character.
How would they describe life?
Life is a tale ______, full of ______,
signifying ________.”
AGENDA
Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Divide into groups for Macbeth Performances
 Write scripts
 Prepare props
 Rehearse – Performance Wednesday
 Macbeth Journal 5
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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT PRACTICE
Neither Charlotte nor Tyrone answer/answers
the telephone on Saturdays.
 Either my brother or my sisters has/have my
Ipod.
 Where there’s/there are people and excitement,
you’re sure to find Kazua and Yori.
 The newspaper staff has/have turned in all their
stories for the next edition.
 Ever since he dismantled a toaster in third grade,
electronics have/has fascinated him.
 That was one of those jokes that offends/offend
everyone.
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MACBETH JOURNAL 5
Can you think of recent leaders/celebrities whose
over-reaching ambition caused their downfall?
Explain.
SEPTEMBER 24
Even after they’ve won the kingship
they wanted so badly, Macbeth and
his wife are unhappy. Lady Macbeth
says it’s better to be the murdered
person than it is to be the killer who
must live tormented by anxiety.
Macbeth is afflicted by worries and
nightmares; “full of scorpions is my
mind,” he says at one point.
Pretend you are Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth. Write a description, in the
first person, of what you are feeling.
AGENDA
Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Rehearse - Performance Tomorrow
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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT PRACTICE
Usher’s songs was/were the best part of the show.
 Many a student think/thinks they do not have to
study.
 Egypt is one of the nations that border/borders
the Red Sea.
 The dead trees and peeling paint, along with the
broken windows and flapping shutters,
(make/makes) everyone believe that evil spirits
haunt the deserted Sinclair house.
 Where (is/are) the earrings that I left by the
bathroom sink?
 Neither of those sharks circling your boogie board
(look/looks) hungry enough to bite.
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SEPTEMBER 25
Macbeth Journal 6
Imagine you are Lady
Macbeth’s doctor. Write a
medical report on her complete with observations
about her behavior, a diagnosis,
suggested treatments and a
prognosis.
AGENDA
Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Performance
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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT PRACTICE
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One hundred and fifty gallons (is/are) the amount of liquid
the average living room rug can absorb.
Agnes never loses a single possession. Everyone knows
what belongs to her, for each pen, pencil, and paperclip
(has/have) a tiny flag attached with Agnes’ full name on it.
Asteroids and comets slamming into the Earth
(worry/worries) Marge; she tried to remain under the
protective cover of her roof as much as possible.
Someone-perhaps Emmanuel or Paul – (know/knows) the
right wine to serve with earthworm lasagna.
These scissors (is/are) so dull that I’m not sure you could
slice butter with them!
Physics (has/have) proven to be Jerry’s easiest subject this
semester. He brings Carol, the lab assistant, an oatmealraisin cookie, and as his reward, she finishes his report.