En 11 - 1: Notes from Tuesday, 23 Nov

Today, we did our first dramatic reading test - results tended towards "beginning" and "developing" which is pretty normal for a first try.  Again, my best advise is to get to a point where you have mostly memorized your speech - you can still have your book available in case you get stuck.  Without emphasis, your speech will sound flat.  Be critical about where you put your pauses.

These are your parts for the next class:

Scene 1
Banquo: Angie
Fleance: Jake
Macbeth: Mike

Scene 2
Lady Macbeth: Ashley
Macbeth: Kohl

Scene 3
Porter: Brandon
Macduff: Maciek
Macbeth: Emma
Lennox: Parker
Lady Macbeth: Chelsea
Donalbain: Ben
Malcolm: Aisha
Banquo: Mr. Marshall

En 10: From Monday, 22 November

Today, over half of the class was absent; we watched Act II and Act III of the film and then added a comment to this post.  You can comment on the movie, or on the play in a more general sense.

SS11: Notes from Monday, 22 Nov

Today we worked on our First World War PowerPoint presentations.  We will have an extra day (Wednesday) to work on them but we must be ready to present on Friday, 26 November.  Remember that this project is intended to give you a chance to get some in-depth "expert" knowledge on your topic so don't be satisfied with surface or "survey" level information.

Good luck

En12: notes from Monday, 22 Nov

We read and discussed I, ii - iii.  I issued a worksheet for Polonius' advice in Scene iii.  We will complete the worksheet tomorrow.  Before tomorrow's class, please pre-read/prepare the final two scenes in Act 1.

Scene 4:
Hamlet - Taylor
Horatio - Becky
Marcellus - Travis

Scene 5:
Hamlet - Mitchell J.
Ghost - Aurora
Horatio - Shelby
Marcellus - Madison

Enjoy the snow...

En11-2: from Friday 19 Nov

1.  We finished the Act 1 quotations review - we'll have a test involving four of the twelve for next class.
2.  We also looked at Act One for examples of the theme of "false faces."  The following quotations are examples of where a character appears/or is thought to be one thing, but is in fact, another.  Click on images to enlarge.

You should have Act 2 preread for next week - DON'T FORGET MONDAY'S TEST.  Next week we will be doing our first dramatic reading FOR MARKS.

En 12: from Friday, 19 Nov

Today we did the following worksheet.  One third of the class was absent.  We decided to read and discuss Act I, ii on Monday.  Please do an initial reading of Scene iii over the weekend.

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En10: from Friday 19 Nov

We did a quiz for Acts 1-2.

We finished the quotable quotations from Acts 1-3

We read the prologue for Act 4: below are the notes.