Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Hand in books.
*Missing books from:
-Curtis - Tanner
--> Please bring these back in January!

English 11
Macbeth
1. Read Act V.
2. Complete Act V study-guide questions (not for marks, but will help you prepare for your test/essay in the new year).
*Still missing The Crucible from:
- Ashleigh - Brienna
*Still missing Lord of the Flies from:
-Kassi
--> Please bring these back in January!
**Act IV sc iii help:

Have a great holiday; see you in 2014!!!

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Finish play.
2. Act V open-book quiz.

English 11
Macbeth
1. Read Act IV.
2. Study Guide Questions (not for marks).
*Tomorrow: Act V.*

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Act IV Quiz (open-book).
2. Tomorrow: Read Act V; Friday: Act V Quiz.

English 11
Macbeth
1. Act III Quiz.
2. Discuss Act III study-guide questions (handed out today); analysis.
*No homework tonight;
*Tomorrow: read Act IV;
*Friday: Act IV quiz.

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Read Act IV, sc iii.
2. Film adaptation of Act IV.
3. Answer questions for Act IV sc iii.
*Tomorrow: Act IV Quiz*
- vocabulary: know the definitions for the following words:
- abject - corporal - covert - covetous - gallant - slanderous - slighted - vaunting - wrangle - wring

9.- In the first instance, Brutus believed he was behaving honorably by allowing Antony to speak to the citizens of Rome because he believed that the conspirators’ cause was justified and, therefore, could not be met with anger. In the second instance, Brutus is likely questioning his having participated in the killing of Caesar, given his vehement reaction to Cassius’s pleading with him on a briber’s behalf.
- The fact that Antony and Octavius have mounted an army against Brutus and the other conspirators, and that Portia has committed suicide, makes everything look very bleak.
- Worth noting is that while Cassius laid the foundation to involve Brutus with the conspirators via rhetoric and flattery, Brutus did not join the conspiracy until he received the supposed letter from a citizen of Rome, which had been forged by Cassius.
10. The ghost of Caesar appears in Brutus’s tent. Caesar’s ghost says he will see Brutus at Philippi, where Antony and Octavius’s armies will meet the conspirators’ armies.
11. It is possible that Caesar’s ghost is an apparition that Brutus imagines due to feelings of guilt. This idea is endorsed by the fact that Brutus does not trust his own eyes to have seen the apparition, as seen through his subtle way of asking Lucius, Varro, and Claudius (who are sleeping in his tent) if they have seen anything strange in the night.

**Deadline to write quizzes: Thursday, December 19th - you must arrange this ahead of time.**


English 11
Macbeth
1. Act II Quiz.
2. Homework: Read Act III.
3. Tomorrow: Quiz on Act III.

**Deadline to write quizzes: Thursday, December 19th - you must arrange this ahead of time.**

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Act III Quiz (open-book).
2. Read Act IV sc i and ii - complete questions 1 and 2 on study-guide.
3. Read Act IV sc iii and complete Act IV Questions tomorrow.
4. Act IV Quiz Wednesday

**Deadline to make-up missed quizzes is THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19TH - You must arrange this with me ahead of time.**

English 11
Macbeth
1. Act I Quizzes returned (questions/review?).
2. Read Act II sc iii & iv.
3. Homework: Complete questions for Act II sc iii & iv.
4. Act II Quiz TOMORROW.

**Deadline to make-up missed quizzes is THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19TH - You must arrange this with me ahead of time.**

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Help with Act III sc ii & iii questions (see below).
2. Time to study for Act III quiz Monday.
3. Current marks (if you want to arrange writing missed quizzes, you must have this plan in place ahead of time. Deadline to write/re-write is Thursday, December 19th).

English 11
Macbeth
1. Act I Quiz
2. Read Act II sc i & ii
3. In-Class: Completed questions for Act II scenes i and ii.
4. Notes
Motifs:
- Blood - Gender (masculinity vs. femininity) - Masks/Deception - Time - Children/Babies - Madness
Themes:
Appearance/Reality
Prophecy
The plot is set in motion by the prophecy of the three witches. The prophecy fans the flames of ambition within Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, serving as the primary impetus for the couple to plot the death of Duncan. Consider: Would Macbeth have committed such heinous crimes if not for the prophecy? What if he had ignored the witches’ statements?
Guilt and Remorse
Some of the most famous and poetic lines from Macbeth are expressions of remorse. “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?”
In what concerns ghosts and visions, the relation of the natural to the supernatural in Macbeth is unclear.

The Natural/Supernatural

If the witches’ prophecy is understood to be imposing a supernatural order on the natural order of things, the natural order can also be understood as responding with tempestuous signs. 
Dichotomy and Equivocation
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair / Hover through the fog and filthy air” (I i 10-11). The first scene of the first act ends with these words of the witches, which Macbeth echoes in his first line: “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (I iii 36). In a similar fashion, many scenes conclude with lines of dichotomy or equivocation: “Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell / That summons thee to heaven or hell” (II i64); “God’s benison go with you, and with those/ That would make good of bad, and friends of foes” (II iv 41-42). Such lines evoke an air of deep uncertainty: while polarities are reversed and established values are overturned, it is entirely unclear as to whether the dichotomous clarity of “heaven or hell” trumps the equivocatory fogginess of “fair is foul, and foul is fair.” 
Ambition and Temptation
Ambition and temptation both play a key factor in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s decision to kill Duncan. Macbeth possesses enough self-awareness to realize the dangers of overzealous ambition: “I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself / And falls on th’other” (25-28). And yet, the temptation to carry out the witches' prophecy is ultimately too strong for Macbeth to curb his ambition. In Lady Macbeth’s lexicon, incidentally, “hope” is also another word for “ambition” and perhaps “temptation.” As Macbeth expresses his doubts about killing Duncan, she demands: “Was the hope drunk / Wherein you dressed yourself” (35-36)?
4. Marks posted.
5. Monday: Finish Act II.

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Complete Climax portion of plot diagram (see below).
- In-Class essays returned.
2. Review Act III sc i questions.
3. Read Act III sc ii & iii.
4. Film adaptation of Act III.
*Tomorrow: Review Act III questions; Act III quiz MONDAY*

English 11
Macbeth
1. Finish reading Act I, discuss.
2. Act I Quiz tomorrow.
- "Fair is foul, foul is fair" = ideas of right and wrong will be blurred/turned upside down; appearances will be deceiving (witches' lines are ambiguous)... on a larger scale, this line connotes that Macbeth will be a play about morality and the consequences of crossing the line of ethics
- "What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won." --> Duncan plans to promote Macbeth based on his bravery and loyalty (not to mention ruthless on the battlefield)
- Witches : Fair is/ foul and/ foul is/ fair  - Trochaic tetrameter
Macbeth : So foul /and fair /a day /I have/ not seen- Iambic pentameter
- trochaic tetrameter: Shakespeare rarely uses except for supernatural beings, witches, fairies, or the like. In order to bring out the rhyme the last syllable is dropped from the end of each line. In line 2 the rhythm is reversed and the stress falls on the second syllable of each foot. In line 8 the stressed syllable in the third foot is omitted. This forces us to pause in the middle of the line and so secures additional emphasis for the closing word, "Macbeth."
- The witches inform Banquo that while he will not be king, he will father kings. They also say he is
“lesser than Macbeth, and greater,” and “not so happy, yet much happier.” --> paradox; the ideas are seemingly contradictory, yet when put together they have a greater value and deeper meaning. They suggest that Banquo will find his happiness and greatness through means that are different from Macbeth’s, and that Banquo’s happiness and greatness will somehow be more durable, truer. Macbeth will be crowned a king in the immediate future, but Banquo, as the father of future kings, will leave a legacy that will endure.
- (scene iii continued...) Macbeth is trying to make sense of the truths in the witches’ prophecies. They have given him information which is simultaneously great news—Macbeth will advance—but also horrifying news; for Macbeth to be king, Duncan must die. The passage advances the rising action in the play in that it helps
establish the play’s conflict: What Macbeth chooses to do with this information is the basis for the rest
of the drama.
- (scene iv) Macbeth says in an aside, “Stars, hide your fires, / Let not light see my black and deep desires”
 revealing his deep ambition to gain the crown. He may feel shame for what he is now considering.
Duncan’s naming Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland means that Malcolm now stands in the way
of Macbeth’s becoming king. He is clearly thinking about Duncan and Malcolm as obstacles to his
own ascension to the throne.
- (scene v) Macbeth misquotes the witches’ prophecy, telling his wife in a letter that they said, “Hail, King that shalt be!” and not “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!” --> Macbeth misquotes the witches in a way that implies they are already referring to him as king. “Hail, King . . .” is very different than “All hail, Macbeth. . . .” Though initially Macbeth felt that he would not intercede in the course of fate, the way he informs Lady Macbeth of the encounters shows that he is impatient, already hearing himself referred to as king. The misquotation suggests that he is considering acting against Duncan.
-(...unsex me here...") Lady Macbeth knows that in order to murder Duncan, she must think and behave callously. She, as well as her society, view kindness and nurturing as feminine traits; she seeks to separate herself from them. Instead, she asks for her blood to be made thick, without “access and passage to remorse”; she asks to be made cold and cruel in order to carry out Duncan’s murder so that Macbeth will become king.
- (scene vi) dramatic irony: Duncan and Banquo find the Macbeths’ castle a welcoming, safe retreat.
- (scene vii) "False face must hide what the false heart doth know." Echoes the witches' lines; refers to appearance vs. reality; the motif of masks, also echoes L. Macbeth's assertion that Macbeth must look as 'innocent as a flower' but be the 'serpent underneath'

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Read Act III sc i.
2. Watch film adaptation (Act III sc i).
3. Homework: Finish questions (Act III sc i); due tomorrow - email me if you need help with them!

English 11
Macbeth
1. Introduction
- History - Paradox, dichotomy
2. Read Act I sc i-iii (discuss tomorrow).

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. In-Class Essay (due at the end of class).
- Choose one of the following topics:
A. Describe the character flaws exhibited by Julius Caesar in the first two acts that facilitate/foreshadow his impending assassination
OR
B. Shakespeare uses omens, dreams, and premonitions in Julius Caesar. Using examples from the text, explain how this motif functions in the play.
2. Criteria:
- 4-5 paragraphs (7-12 sentences per paragraph)
- complete thesis statement
- 3 quotations PROPERLY integrated and cited (ex. II, ii, 24-25)
- double-spaced

English 11
Macbeth
1. Introduction
- Ethical Dilemmas
- Ambition: Good or Bad?
*Please return The Crucible ASAP.*

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Act II sc ii-iv Quiz
- mark, record
2. Watch film adaptation of Act II.
*You should read scene i of Act III at No Fear Shakespeare for the modern-English version in preparation of tomorrow's reading.*

English 11
The Crucible
1. Finish film adaptation.
2. Essays handed back.
3. Return missing books if you haven't already done so ASAP!
*Tomorrow: hubris, vaulting ambition, tragic heroes, and curses!*

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Review Act II sc ii questions.
2. Read Act II sc iii & iv; answer questions.
3. Act II quiz on Monday (all scenes). Quiz re-writes Monday.
4. Finish rising action (see below) for plot diagram.

English 11
The Crucible
1. Film adaptation.
2. Hand in plays.

Days until midterm mark cut-off (marks sent home): 3

Have a great weekend!

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Act II sc i quiz (closed book).
2. Read Act II sc ii.
3. Answer questions (due tomorrow).
4. Work on "Exposition" part of plot-diagram.

English 11
The Crucible
1. Final test/in-class essay.
2. Return plays.

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Hand in paragraphs (p. 33, Activity #1).
2. Read Act II, sc i.
3. Act II, sc i questions.
4. Complete plot diagram (exposition, rising action).

*Tomorrow: Act II sc i quiz - CLOSED BOOK!!!*

English 11
The Crucible
1. Act IV quiz.
- mark, record
2. Review/Essay Outline (2 motifs, 2 themes, min. 2 quotations properly integrated, cited, and explained).
3. Tomorrow: Test/In-Class Essay.
- If you are absent unexcused tomorrow you will not get a chance to re-write at a later date.
**Tomorrow: Bring your outline and return your book!**

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Finish Act I (film version).
2. Act I Quiz (mark, record).
3. Act I Activity (p. 33, #1).
- 5-7 good sentences
*grammar/spelling *topic/concluding sentences/structure *personal experience *double-space*
Due: Wednesday (tomorrow)

English 11
The Crucible
1. Finish Act IV.
2. Finish Questions
2b. Act II sc ii? (discussion)
3. Tomorrow: Act IV quiz, review/outlines
4. Thursday: Test/In-Class Essay. (If you are absent unexcused on Thursday you will not get a chance to write at a later date.)
5. Friday/Monday: Film adaptation of The Crucible.

Days until Midterm (marks sent home): 5

Comm 12
Julius Caesar
1. Read Act I, sc iii
- answer Study Guide Questions
2. Film Adaptation of Act I
3. Tomorrow: Act I, sc iii Considerations (p.33)
- Question 1 (Pathetic Fallacy)
- Should be 5-7 good sentences (grammar, structure, personal experience, double-spaced)... due Wednesday.
*Tomorrow Act I Quiz - questions will be from your study guides*

Check out No Fear Shakespeare for the modern English version!

English 11
The Crucible
1. Act III Quiz
- mark, record
2. Read Act IV p. 121 - 131
3. Complete Study Guide Questions #1 - 6