Exam Reminders for Tuesday Dec. 16

bring your laptop (you submit exam to TURNITIN), and make sure it is fully charged

bring a reading book, in case time remains after you have submitted the test to TURNITIN and returned your exam packet

DO NOT BRING your Macbeth text, since the exam packet includes a list of approved passages from the play

the exam packet also includes: the full text of the short story, “The Tunnel” and instructions for the “11-sentence” paragraph model

Before starting the test, be sure to sign and date the “Exam Preamble” attached to your test

Lastly, remember you will write the exam on the prescribed template (with pledge-header and acknowledgment-footer)

 

agenda Fri Dec 12: making connections

learning goal: what connections can I make among passages across the play’s five acts?

review exam procedures and reminders

distribute approved list of Macbeth quotes for the exam

game 1: how many passages are spoken by LM?

game 2: find a metaphor in each of the five acts (Literal term = Figurative term)

game 3: choose M or LM, then pick one passage from four of the five acts, in the margin of each passage, write an adjective that describes the character’s basic nature revealed through this passage (Who says this?  To whom?  Why? What does the passage reveal about the character’s basic nature?  What metaphors can I find?)

announcement. membean make-up offer

If you have a zero for a weekly membean learning session, one which has not already been dropped automatically by the grade book, you may replace that remaining zero with at least 45 minutes over at least three days during this week, by the end of Sunday, December 14.

If you choose to do this, email me after completing the minutes.  Thank you.

agenda Wed/Thurs Dec 10/11: exam contents and formats

learning goal: understand the exam’s two parts, in terms of content and response-format

respond to “Exam Preamble”:  1-3-sentence response.  For example, does the main idea make sense?  Do the individual sentences read clearly?  Do you agree, disagree have questions or comments? What is your reaction to this paragraph?

read exam short story, “The Tunnel.”  Afterwards, in small groups, create a possible exam question, based on the list of learning goals from our short story unit–a question suitable to a well-developed paragraph response.

if time allows, swap questions with another group and begin outlining your group’s response

preview the list of approved Macbeth quotes

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HW: bring to Friday’s class any additions you propose.  In Friday’s class, we will approve any changes to the list distributed in today’s block class.

announcement: grades

Given the delayed feedback on one of your TURNITIN submissions (the Macbeth  tension paragraph), I will only factor that writing’s score into your semester average if the score maintains or increases your average as of today. It seems fair for you not to worry about a sudden drop in the course average.

agenda Tues Dec 9: finish play

learning goal: how would you describe Macbeth’s level of fear in the last scenes of the play?

 

take parts for public reading of the final scenes 5.6-9

in class notes, write a brief, initial response to today’s learning-goal question

as time allows, cue modern film to start of LM’s sleep-walking scene (5.1)

due Tues Dec 9: read thru 5.5

for Tuesday’s class, read thru (to the end of) Act5 Scene 5

agenda Mon Dec 8: Membean quiz, Macbeth 5.2-3

learning goal: realize that the weekly membean work prepares you effectively for the customized quiz

 

membean quiz–number of questions TBD by group

n.b. use no outside sources while taking the membean quiz

read aloud together 5.2-3

due Mon Dec 8: 5.1

for Monday’s class, read to the end of Act 5 Scene 1

agenda Fri Dec 5: literary chemical reactions

learning goal: to pinpoint one main feature of either Lady Macbeth or Macbeth, by synthesizing notes about various reactions

take class notes to pinpoint one feature

briefly share with neighbor(s)

re-cap significant developments through 4.2

read aloud next scene(s)