Last Chance Workout

Grunge_Make_Up_Work_LGStamp
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Ok - here's the deal: I will give you partial credit for each assignment you make up. Partial credit will range anywhere from 2 points off to half credit, depending on the assignment.

For those of you who need to make up Act I questions, here they are: (the rest of you scroll down)

Act I, Scene i (You can find the play online by Googling it)

1. List two paradoxes from this scene.

a.
b.

2. Use three or four specific words to describe the emotional tone of the scene

a.
b.
c.

Scene ii

1. Identify and explain the simile in the soldier’s opening lines.

2. According to the soldier, what did Macbeth do in the battle?

3. Would the attack of a sparrow dismay an eagle?

4. What fate has befallen the Thane of Cawdor? How will this affect Macbeth?

Scene iii

1. Why is the first witch in a foul mood?

2. Macbeth's opening lines are an echo of which earlier lines?

a. Why would he think the day was foul?

b. Why would he think it fair?

5. Examine Banquo's comments and reaction to the witches and then choose one or two line that accurately infers Banquo’s attitude towards the witches and their prophecy.

5. Compare and contrast the reactions of Banquo and Macbeth when they hear the message from the King that Macbeth was named Thane of Cawdor.

6. Macbeth is a bit worried. He says that the recent events can’t be bad but they also can’t be good. Why can’t they be bad? Why can’t they be good?

For those of you who need to make up the Star Wars/Polanski Macbeth assignment, go to the top left corner and type "Star Wars" into the box and click on "search blog".

For those of you who need to make up the Office Macbeth assignment, see me Tuesday.

For those of you who need to make up the Found Macbeth assignment: choose a scene from Macbeth and using 10 words or lines cut from magazines, write a collage style letter from one character to an audience revealing the character's perspective of the incident.

For those of you who have not written the Hornby Essay, go to the left hand corner and type "Hornby" into the search box and click on "search blog". Follow the instructions on the post that appears, EXCEPT remember to use an allusion from Macbeth as one of your supporting allusions in the 3rd paragraph.

DO NOT EMAIL ANY ASSIGNMENTS TO ME. Please print them out and bring in a hard copy next week.

Memoir

Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen
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Hey kids - I'm SO sorry this posted so late! I posted earlier today from my classroom but when I just checked the blog, I noticed my earlier post never posted!

Therefore, if you don't finish the assignment, we'll finish it at the beginning of class tomorrow. Also, I took some time to revisit the questions and realized that most of them are really pretty awful. Therefore, I'm substituting the following generic questions to get you thinking:

One of the happiest times in my life was…

One of the saddest times in my life was…

I came to the important realization that…

I realized that I was no longer a child when…

The best birthday present I ever received was…

My favorite holiday is…because…

My favorite place is…

When I was little, I used to...

I was proud of myself for...

I was ashamed of myself for...

I have never been so engrossed in learning as when...

I spent time with someone who was much different from me when…

A time when I decided to do something differently from everyone else around me was...

The person who has had the biggest influence on me is...

An experience that challenged me was...

One of my biggest successes was...

One of my biggest failures was...

I realized that I had a talent for...

The worst thing that has ever happened to me is...

I was in grave danger when…