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(S2C32) Preparing for AP / IRP

4/29/2015

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Today in class
LRJ's (5 total) and data sheet are due. Unit exam!

A.P. Exam Test Prep
I don't know if you've noticed, but all year I've had an 'AP Test Prep' tab on every page of the website. Now is the time to really explore this page and dig in to the resources. We'll be working on exam prep during the next two class periods.

    EXPLORE: A.P. Test Prep Resource Page (link)

No new reading or new homework. Concentrate on preparing for the exam and on finishing your IRP.
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(S2C31) Macbeth -- Acts 4-5

4/27/2015

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Today in Class
Seminar discussion over Acts 4 and 5 followed by review for the Macbeth exam.

Unit Exam -- Wed-B1/Thu-A3
You will have your Macbeth exam next class. In order to prepare for the exam, you should do two things:

1. Download the following unit exam study sheet and review it carefully.

    DOWNLOAD: Macbeth A.P. Exam Study Sheet (DOCX)

2. Complete a literary analysis data sheet. You may either complete this in Word and then print it out, or you may turn in the one you completed by hand during the seminar discussions -- your choice. Important: Although you will turn your data sheet in to me next class, you will NOT be allowed to use either your data sheet or the textof the play on the exam!

LRJ's due: As always, I will be collecting your LRJ's to grade. You have five due for the Macbeth unit: four passage analyses and one on "Why Read Shakespeare?"

REMINDER: IRP due on or before May 6 at 3:30 p.m. See previous blog entry for more details.

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IRP Refresher  - Due May 6 at 3:30 p.m.

4/23/2015

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Preparing the IRPs
Continue working on your Independent Reading Project, which is due on Wednesday May 6 at 3:30 p.m. You will notice this due date coincides with the A.P. exam in English Literature & Composition. This is purposeful: the IRP is designed to help prepare you to take the exam.

All materials are due at 3:30 that day so that you need not worry about this on the morning of the exam.

If you would like a sample of what a finished IRP looks like, please download and carefully peruse the following two sample projects from former students:

     DOWNLOAD: IRP on To the Lighthouse (J. Geyer)  -- PDF
     DOWNLOAD: IRP on The Loved One (T. Schumacher) -- PDF

In case you need a refresher on the various aspects of the IRP:

     DOWNLOAD: IRP Assignment Packet -- full details (PDF)
     DOWNLOAD: IRP Rubric -- learned how you'll be graded (PDF)
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 (S2C30) Macbeth - Act III Seminar

4/21/2015

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Today in class
Seminar discussion of Act III of Macbeth

For next Mon-B1/Tues-A3
- Seminar discussion over Acts 4 and 5 
- Act 4/5 LRJ passage analysis is due.
- Seminar 4/5 leaders should be prepared with a seminar sheet on Acts 4/5.

VIEW ACTS 4-5: Macbeth -- RSC production (88:55-end is Acts 4/5)

     Act One: 3:00-33:10
     Act Two: 33:11-58:20
     Act Three: 58:21-88:54
     Act Four: 88:55-120:39
     Act Five: 120:40-143:50


Macbeth Unit Exam
Your unit exam for Macbeth will be next Wed-B1/Thu-A3. In order to begin preparing for this exam, you will complete a data sheet. This will not only be helpful for you in preparing for the unit exam, but it will help you prepare for the A.P. exam.

You are required to print out the data sheet and bring it to the exam. You will turn this in for credit, but you will not be allowed to use a data sheet or the play itself on the exam. This exam will be similar in many ways to your A.P. exam

     DOWNLOAD: Data sheet for Macbeth (DOCX) -- complete in full and print out.
     DOWNLOAD: Macbeth AP exam study guide (PDF)
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(S2C29) Macbeth - Act II

4/17/2015

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Today in class
Seminar discussion of Act II of Macbeth

For next class (Tues-B1/Wed-A3)
- Seminar discussion over Act III
- Act III ILRJ passage analysis is due.
- Seminar III leaders should be prepared with a seminar sheet on Act III.

In case you need a reminder about the LRJ assignments:

    DOWNLOAD: LRJ Passage Analysis assignments (DOCX)

     VIEW ACT THREE: Macbeth -- RSC production (58:21-88:54 is Act Three)

     Act One: 3:00-33:10
     Act Two: 33:11-58:20
     Act Three: 58:21-88:54
     Act Four: 88:55-120:39
     Act Five: 120:40-143:50

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 (S2C28) Macbeth -- Act I Seminar

4/15/2015

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"Fair is foul, and foul is fair / Hover through the fog and filthy air" -- (1.1.11-12)

LRJ Passage Analysis: While we are studying the Scottish play, you will have a passage analysis (of your choosing) for each act, to be completed in your LRJ. In order to understand the expectations for the LRJ passage analysis assignments:

    DOWNLOAD: LRJ Passage Analysis assignments (DOCX)

Each LRJ entry is due by the beginning of the class during which we study the act.

For next class: Friday-B1/Monday-A3
Seminar discussion on Act II
Act II LRJ passage analysis is due. 
Seminar leaders should be prepared with a seminar sheet on Act II

     VIEW ACT TWO: Macbeth -- RSC production (33:11-58:20 is Act Two)

     Act One: 3:00-33:10
     Act Two: 33:11-58:20
     Act Three: 58:21-88:54
     Act Four: 88:55-120:39
     Act Five: 120:40-143:50
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(S2C27) The Curse of the Scottish Play

4/2/2015

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Macbeth Seminars

Over the next four classes, we will be holding four seminars on Macbeth. Each of you will be assigned to a particular act/acts. You will act as a discussion leader on the day you've been assigned, but you will also be required to contribute to the seminar discussions on the other days. Download the following for full details and expectations.

     DOWNLOAD: Macbeth Seminar Assignment Sheet (PDF)
     DOWNLOAD: Macbeth Passage Analysis LRJ Assignments (PDF)
B1 Macbeth Seminars
Act 1: Poch, Gray, Balogh
Act 2: Stock, Bayliff, Hill
Act 3: Orkwis, Allbright, Toelke, Buller
Acts 4/5: Heuker, Quehl, Gorczynski, McNamara
A3 Macbeth Seminars
Act 1: Andrews, Frohman, Painter, Cordier
Act 2: Burandt, Burns, Bruggemann, Scales
Act 3: Hansen, Schaffer, Fazlani, Gilliland
Acts 4/5: Tull, Buehler, Farrell, Mullinger, Gill
Cool fact
There's a longheld tradition that actors shall never refer to the play Macbeth by the name "Macbeth." If they do, bad luck will befall that actor and the play. Instead, it is refered to as "The Scottish Play."
When the name of the play is spoken in a theatre, tradition requires the person who spoke it to leave, perform traditional cleansing rituals, and be invited back in. The rituals are supposed to ward off the evil that uttering the play's name is feared to bring on.

The rituals include turning three times, spitting over one's left shoulder, swearing, or reciting a line from another of Shakespeare's plays. Popular lines for this purpose include, "Angels and ministers of grace defend us" (Hamlet 1.IV), "If we shadows have offended" (A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.ii), and "Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you" (The Merchant of Venice, 3.IV). A more elaborate cleansing ritual involves leaving the theatre, spinning around and brushing oneself off, and saying "Macbeth" three times before entering again. Some production groups insist that the offender may not reenter the theater until he is invited to do so, therefore making it easy to punish frequent offenders by leaving them outside.
Video on the Curse of the Scottish Play
If you missed these in class, have a look at them when you have Youtube.com unblocked

    VIDEO: Ten Ways on The Curse of the Scottish Play (Youtube)
    VIDEO: Blackladder on the Curse of Macbeth (Youtube)

An excellent overview of the play is provided by a 30-minute animated version of Macbeth produced by the BBC. This is available on Moe Tube. Just make sure you are logged in to MoeTube so that you can view it.

    VIDEO: Macbeth -- BBC animation (requires Moeller login)

ACT ONE -- For next class -- Wed, April 15 (B1) / Thu, April 16 (A3) 
    
1. Read Act One (required) and view Act One (optional)
     2. If assigned to Act One, prepare your seminar materials
     3. If you are not assigned t Act One, prepare a passage analysis LRJ
     4. Prepare for seminar discussion.

     VIEW ACT ONE: Macbeth -- RSC production (3:00-33:10 is Act One)

     Act One: 3:00-33:10
     Act Two: 33:11-58:20
     Act Three: 58:21-88:54
     Act Four: 88:55-120:39
     Act Five: 120:40-143:50
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