MONDAY

Today in Class
Turned in the final draft of the Macbeth essay, together with back-up parts (peer edit, first draft, shaping sheets, stamped prep work). Don't forget to submit it to turnitin.com by 11:59 tonight!!

Worked on group response posters for Night:
Question 8 from Section 1 reading and Question 1 from Section 2.

Returned Vocab. Unit 5/Alternate format quiz. You were supposed to convert the score from __/15 to __/20. On Wednesday there will be a second Unit 5 quiz, in the traditional format. I will record the higher score.

Homework
Complete Section 2 questions if you have not done so already. It will be stamped at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Start reading the next section (actually pp. 45-62).
Get far enough that you can finish those questions in class tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY

Today in Class

Reviewed MLA formatting details
Collected Macbeth texts--please bring yours on Thursday if you forgot today.
Distributed Night--students were to start reading in class (pp. 1-26). If you didn't get that far, you can hold off until Thursday evening, because Wednesday night's homework is to finish the first draft of the essay.

Tomorrow
Peer response to first draft
More reading time for Night

TUESDAY

First, what happened on Monday: time to work on introduction and conclusion of essay. Monday night's homework: work on first draft. Tuesday, continue work on first draft.

Today in Class
Looked at options for embedding quotations. Do NOT use "stranded" ("orphan")quotes. That's the term for simply plunking down quoted material on the page, without introduction. In your draft, do your best to apply what we discussed today.

Tomorrow as I stamp the shaping sheet the sub initialed on Monday, I'll look at your sample embedded quote from class today or at ONE quotation from your draft to see how you're doing.

I have extended the deadline for the first draft until Thursday, Nov. 16, because since I wasn't here Monday I couldn't discuss embedding the quotes, and you might have some significant work to do in that regard. If you worked as you should have Monday night, you can go back over that material and adjust quotes as needed. The completed typed draft is due on Thursday without fail or excuse.

Be sure to double-check all quotations on your shaping sheet. I need to collect your books on Wednesday; I will keep several copies in class for you to consult if necessary, and there is an e-text of Macbeth as well.

Homework
Complete the writing of at least half of your essay. Remember that the draft you bring on Thursday must be properly formatted (heading, running header, title, citations, etc.)

THURSDAY
Today in Class
Stamped shaping sheet for second body paragraph
New handout: Detailed essay content, what is due, when it's due [Most important fact to restate here: first draft, TYPED, due on Wednesday, Nov. 15]
Returned Macbeth tests (/50 points; last section on Shakespeare's background
counted only 1/2 each)

For Monday:
Do the third body paragraph.

THURSDAY
Today in Class
Stamped shaping sheet for second body paragraph
New handout: Detailed essay content, what is due, when it's due
[Most important fact to restate here: first draft, TYPED, due on Wednesday, Nov. 15]
Returned Macbeth tests (/50 points; last section on Shakespeare's background
counted only 1/2 each)

For Monday:
Do the shaping sheet for the third body paragraph.
Start double-checking your quotations: you may not wind up using the entire quote (some are very long right now), but check them for accuracy.

TUESDAY
Today in Class
Went over homework about Macbeth's essential qualities; turned these
into an "Although" sentence asserting both postive and negative traits.
Handout--essay assignment: character analysis, NOT of Macbeth, but of one of
the following: Macduff, Banquo, Lady Macbeth.

For tomorrow
Do the paragraph shaping sheet for ONE body paragraph (one trait)
Can deal with any one of the traits, regardless of final arrangement.
Quotations do not--at this point--have to be embedded in a sentence. DO put act/scene/line numbers after the quote (4.2.33-35)
Commentary must be in complete sentences, but of course can be revised for style later.

Also tomorrow--Vocab Unit 5 quiz

MONDAY
Today in Class
Vocabulary Unit 5--stamped and checked; quiz on Wednesday

Looked at clothing imagery as a key to Macbeth's character deterioration, from someone who was aghast that he was being given a title that didn't belong to him--"Why do you dress me/ In borrowed robes?"(1.3.114-115--to a tyrant who "cannot buckle his distempered cause / Within the belt of rule" (5.2.17-18. Rather than someone whose new titles are "Like our strange garments" which take some getting used to before they can be worn comfortably (1.4.160-162), Macbeth's stolen kingship "Hang[s] loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief" (5.2.23-25). He has become a morally shrunken man.

Discussed comic relief ("Porter scene" for its connections to theme

For tomorrow
Write out 2 negative character traits and two positive traits (personality characteristics) for Macbeth. Provide a brief justification/explanation for each one. No quotes required for this homework--just explain.

FRIDAY

Today in Class
Test over Macbeth

For Monday
Vocab Unit 5--checked and stamped

Continue to bring Macbeth: essay work next week

WEDNESDAY

Today in Class
Vocab Quiz--Unit 4

Hand-out: "Hand" Imagery
For each of the six examples, write A) the brief context B) a paraphrase C) an interpretation that helps provide insight or deeper meaning

Tomorrow in class, we will talk about putting these together to understand structure of imagery in the play, and look together at a few more examples.

Macbeth Test: Will be on Friday instead of Thursday. In addition to direct material on the play, review the pages in Elements about Shakepeare life and Elizabethan theater (see earlier post), notes on blank verse, and notes on "key ideas."