Is This a Dagger I See Before Me? January 25, 2019

Focus: What does Macbeth's hallucination reveal about his conscience?

Assembly: Shortened Class

1. Warming up with your Friday Freewrite: Social Commentary

Taking the IXL challenge:

Step 1: Try revising one sentence from this week's or last week's writing to demonstrate parallel structure. Highlight that sentence.

• Ex: The doorway is an ancient pathway to a quiet life, a fast freeway to an adventurous life, or a secret portal to an unknown life.

Step 2: Focus on one of your Friday Freewrites and eliminate all redundant words.

• Ex: Social media challenges are currently a trend right now.

2. Making your banned book reading schedule / bookmark

3. Interpreting two film versions of Macbeth's dagger hallucination

• Quick background build-up: what is a hallucination? Why do we have them? Why might Macbeth have one at this point in the play?

• In your notes, please write down one significant symbolic choice for EACH version.

• Also, please write down a few ideas about the larger effect of the choice.  In other words, how do the directors' choices affect the way we perceive Macbeth in this scene?

• Connect to Wednesday: What does this scene have to do with good, evil, or conscience?

HW:

1. For TODAY: Make sure your Word Traces are up-to-date (through 2.1). I will be making my first round through them this weekend.

2. ONGOING: Read your banned book; follow the schedule you set for yourself today.