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Assignments
on Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Read the NY Times article on how ordinary Japanese soldiers
became murderers. Write what you are thinking in a
dialectical or double-entry notebook.
http://nytimes.com/2001/09/02/international/asia/02FILI.html
due 9/17-Read pages xiii to xxiv in Folgers Macbeth.
Take notes on why the English used by Shakespeare is difficult
for today's audiences to understand.
9/20-Read Act 1, Scene 2 , pp.9-13. How does the
captain describe Macbeth and Macbeth's actions? What
is his reputation? Pretend you are the captain and write a
letter to your wife. Tell what happened also in the
battles.
9/21-Read Act 1. Scene 3, pages 13-25. You
are Banquo, Macbeth or a witch. Choose to whom you would
send a letter. Write a letter about what happened in Act 1,
scene 3.
9/24-Read Act 1. Scene 4, pages 25-31. You become
one character. Choose to whom you would send a
letter. Write a letter about what happened.
9/25-Read Act 1. Scene 5, pages 31-35. You become
one character. Choose to whom you would send a
letter. Write a letter about what happened.
9/26-Read Act 1. Scene 6, pages 35-39. You become
one character. Choose to whom you would send a
letter. Write a letter about what happened.
9/28-Read Act 1. Scene 7, pages 39-45. You become
one character. Choose to whom you would send a
letter. Write a letter about what happened.
10/1-Read Act 2, Scene1, pages 49-53. As a
character write a letter or a journal.
10/2-Read Act 2, Scenes 2 pages 55-61. Write as
one character.
10/3-Read Act 2. Scene 3, pages 61-73. Write as one
character.
10/4-Read Act 2. Scene 3, pages 61-73. Write as one
character.
10/5-Read Act 3, Scene 1, pages 81 -91. Write as
one character.
10/9-Read Act 3, Scenes 2 & 3, pages 91-95. Write as
one character.
10/10-Read Act 3, Scene 4, pages 99-109. Write as one
character.
10/11-Read Act 3, Scenes 5 & 6, pages 113-115. Write as
one character.
10/12-Read Act 4, Scene 1, pages 119-131. Write as
one character.
10/15-Read Act 4, Scene 2, pages 133-139. Write as
one character.
10/16-Read Act 4, Scene 3, 139-157. Write as one
character.
10/17-Read Act 5, Scene 1, pages 161-165. Write as
one character.
10/18-Read Act 5, Scenes 2 & 3, pages 165-173. Write
as one character.
10/23-Read Act 5, Scenes 4 &5, pages 173-181. Write as
onecharacter.
10/24-Read Act 5, Scenes 6,7 & 8, pages 181-191.
Write as one character.
10/25- Write your opinion of the play and/or of the characters
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
11/7- one-pager: Write one quote from the text that you think
represents the theme of the play or that makes you
think. Then explain why you chose the quote.
Also draw, paint or do a collage or art work of some kind to
illustrate what you wrote. These can be scanned so you can
put them on the Internet. Finally write what your think of your
artwork and how it represents your quote and what you think about Macbeth.
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