Thursday, April 26, 2012

Proper Journal and Essay Format


 Everyone's journal/essay should look like this from a distance. 

Your name, the date, class, and word count must be in the top left corner.

Go to Line Spacing Options

Choose Double under Spacing Options.

Indent Paragraph: Choose First Line by 0.5" under Special.

Make sure to center your Title. Do not make it fancy. Do not underline. Do not make it bold. Don't do anything special!
 Your Journals and Essays must be in Times New Roman and 12pt font. Every single word must be Times New Roman 12pt. Nothing different!









Journal Correction Code


This is the Journal/Essay correction code; expect to see these coded abbreviations on your next journal, if you have the following mistakes.

Code
Description
NT
Needs Thesis in Introduction
RT
Restate Thesis in Conclusion
CAP
Capitalize first letter of sentences and proper nouns
IP
Indent Paragraph
SPM
Spelling Mistakes
DS
Double Space
ROS
Run-on Sentences
FRG
Sentence Fragment
TPS
Needs Topic Sentences
OT
Off Topic
NI
No Introduction
NC
No Conclusion
WRC
Word Count Too Low
NGM
Numerous Grammar Mistakes


Journal Rubric

Monday, April 23, 2012

Week 3 Information



Proposal:
Due: Sunday April 29th 2012

Vocabulary Sheet Act 3
Due: Sunday April 29th 2012

Journal:
Due: Thursday April 26th 2012
Like all tyrants, Macbeth hires thugs and villains to do his dirty work for him. Write a paragraph saying how you think Macbeth’s moral condition seems to have changed from earlier scenes.

Must be three paragraphs with at least five sentences in each paragraph.



Macbeth’s soliloquy where he highlights his plans to get rid of Banquo and Fleance to guarantee that the witches’ prophecy for Banquo fails:
Notice the language of persuasion in Macbeth’s words with the hired murderers. He is trading roles with lady Macbeth using the same techniques she has used with him earlier to convince him of killing Duncan: He questions the murderers’ manhood.
1.     Lady Macbeth’s attitude towards her husband’s unhappiness and bloody desires.
2.    What does Macbeth mean by: “We have scorched the snake, not killed it.”- the snake is Duncan, and his death does not secure Macbeth as king just yet, Banquo has to be killed with his son to give more security to Macbeth’s reign.
3.    More on the theme of appearance vs. reality: “And make our face vizards to our hearts,”
4.    Why do you think Macbeth keeps his plan of killing Duncan and his son secret from Lady Macbeth?- theme of manhood.
5.    Theme of darkness (evil) vs. Light (goodness) is clear in Macbeth’s last speech.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Macbeth Posters


All posters must be professionally printed and contain an image presenting a theme or image from Macbeth. No more than two students can work on each poster. Make sure to include your names on the front of the poster.
Due: Tuesday April 3rd 2012