Tuesday & Wednesday, January 29, 30 - Macbeth Act 2

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze drama in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

Copy definitions into Notebooks:

Soliloquy - an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by ONESELF or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Monologue - a long speech by one actor in a play TO OTHERS on stage.

Paradox - a statement that leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, not logical, or contradictory. (example: "Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair").

Direct Instruction

Read Act 1 Scenes 6 & 7

Guided / Independent

Complete Act 1 study guide questions

View film through Act 1

Check for Understanding

Individual Student checks during independent work

Closure

Theme review - Betrayal, Ambition, Greed, Deception, Fate, Destiny