Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Agenda 3/13 reminder CAHSEE Tuesday 3/17 & Wednesday 3/18

Agenda 3/13/09
I. Quiz #1 Macbeth [38 questions] See sample Q's below. No vocabulary.
II. Review Vocabulary packet- commonly mistaken words
III. Review ESLR assignment

HW: None this weekend.
p.s.
In preparation for CAHSEE, you will turn in your homework #2 sentence outline and complete one more in class.


________Macbeth themes & lit terms__________
**keep track of paradoxes: they foretell the future

Nothing is / But what is not... <- have we seen this theme? where, when? KEEP TRACK.
Themes:
the corruption of power,
blind ambition,
superstition and its effects on human behavior.

Sample quiz Questions's:
-What do the witches predict for Banquo? (they give him three predictions …give at least two)
-Macbeth gives four reasons for not killing Duncan. Name at least three of them.
-What happened to the first Thane of Cawdor? Why?
-What is Lady Macbeth’s plan for killing Duncan? Explain in as much detail as you can.
-Explain dramatic irony. Define it and give one example from Act I.

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