Thursday, October 9 - Act 4 - the three Apparitions

Objective: By the end of class, students will continue to read and analyze Macbeth with a focus on developing  writing and literacy skills in order to prepare for keystones and make real life connections.

DO NOW

Define the following words and write definitions in notebooks and write a sentence for each on small paper to hand in:

1. REGAL(adj) - royal: of royalty

2. Impending (verb) - about to happen

3. Wayward (adj)- difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior.

4. Lineage (noun) - descendants from an ancestor in order of progression; ancestry or pedigree



Direct Instruction

The Three Apparitions - click here 

How do you interpret each of these messages from the witches?

Read Act 4 scenes 1 & 2. 


Constructed responses - choose one of the two and and write me the best constructed response you have yet!! remember to restate, explain/discuss, backup with a quote and write a concluding sentence. in the evaluation, add your opinion.

1. Hecate'says " As you all know, overconfidence is a man's greatest enemy." Analyze how  the prophecies made by the three apparitions represent this statement and then how they make Macbeth feel overconfident. 

2. Evaluate Macbeth's behavior and interpretation of the apparitions. Do you think if he was more cautious, he could change his destiny? 


Closure

View through act 4 scene 2.View ACT 1
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Exit Pass

Who do you think sent Ross to warn Lady Macduff that her life was in danger? (pages 147-149).