"Macbeth"

by William Shakespeare

Unit Plan

Monday, November 23rd

·         essays due; introductory notes and discussion; “Objections to the Elizabethan Theater”; handout biography

·         HMWK: read “An Introduction to ‘Macbeth’” (online) and the biography of Shakespeare – take notes as you read; illustrate one item from class notes

THANKSGIVNG BREAK

Tuesday, November 1^st

·         vocabulary; intro to Macbeth; char list; main themes; Act/Scene/Line; read I.1 to I.2

·         HMWK: read I.3 - I.7; translate 30 lines; Intro to Shakespeare’s language worksheet

Thursday, December 3^rd

·         walk through reading; discuss staging of scenes; define soliloquy

·         HMWK: read II.1 - II.2; translate 30 lines

Monday, Dec 7^th

·         translation due; quiz over II.1 and II.2; finish act II; assign group projects – START NOW!

·         HMWK: read all of Act III; translate 30 lines

Wednesday, Dec 9^th

·         discuss III; read

·         HMWK: read Act IV; one page response to the play so far – formal, textual evidence

Friday, Dec 11^th

·         one pagers due; quiz over Acts 1-3; read V.1 and V.2; discuss essay questions

·         HMWK: finish play; create thesis

Thursday, December 11^th

·         discuss the end of the play

·         HMWK: finish group projects

Final Exam

·         project presentations due – group presentation; self-evaluation; class evaluation