Monday, September 15, 2014

Tuesday, September 16, Ambition vs Greed / Intro to Macbeth

Objective: By the end of class, students will learn new vocabulary and analyze 16th century England in order to make real life connections.

DO NOW 

Copy words and definitions into notebooks:

GREED = 1excessive consumption of or desire for food and/or excessive desire for wealth or power. It is NEGATIVE and selfish.


AMBITION =1. strong desire for success, achievement, or distinction 2. a goal. It is POSITIVE and not selfish.


FATE = The development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. Fate is geerally believed to be pre-determined. One's actions cannot change one's fate.

DESTINY = the particular state of a person or thing in the futureconsidered as resulting from earlier events. Destiny is generally believed to be somewhat influenced by one's actions, therefore, the choices you make throughout life matter.

Direct Instruction

Discuss FATE vs. DESTINY. 

macbeth intro slideshare

Guided / Independent

Are you a good annotator? Creative? Inquisitive (ask lots of question)? Pick your strongest attribute and write it down on a slip of paper with your name on it. 

Then, in groups that I assign:

1. Analyze the cover of the handout. Write three comments and ask three questions about it. 
2. There are 6 sections to this packet:
a. Elizabethan England
b. Growing up Shakespeare
c. London City Living
d. Plague (health problems in England)
e. Clothing
f. The curse of Macbeth.

For each section, write three facts, ask one question and make one relationship between then and modern day. Therefore you will have five comments for each section. So, for example, to make a relationship between growing up Shakespeare, you might say, "today, educational opportunities are equal for boys and girls."


Closure

Groups share questions and relationships.


Exit Pass


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