For years I've been encouraging my high school students to proactively pursue participation in "Massive Open Online Courses". Many have...

Let's revisit George Orwell's 1984 do you can prepare for your final exam! First jot down FOUR standout parts you remember - these can be...

This is worth 50 pts. and is due no later than midnight on May 22 "An unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates For your final...

You have practiced this in the previous class, so it should be familiar. You will have the entire period - it is suggest you use the time...

For the first part of class you will be presenting your "Macbeth Noir" - the sub might ask one person to "donate" their device and access...

There is a lot of symbolism in the play Macbeth...lots of shadows, dark deeds, and hiding the truth. Let's use black and white...

One motif in Macbeth is the notion of "manhood" (especially versus womanhood!). First, skim over these excerpts from the script to...

Macbeth as a tale is timeless. So are the characters. It's been staged and filmed and even modernized (set in different contexts)...

The quiz is on Google Forms. You must log in with your school email. You may take the quiz up to 3 times and I will record your best...

Before we have our Macbeth test and start our last unit you will have a much-needed opportunity to "catch up" on any late / missing...

For this journal, reflect on how Macbeth approaches the meaning of life and the human experience here on earth before inevitable death....

What does Shakespeare have to do with Hip Hop? For this TED talk we will view in class and discuss, jot down notes. You will be asked to...

What's a "rhyming couplet"? Last class you learned about iambic pentameter and trochaic tetrameter (used in the witches' cauldron scene)....

Shakespeare writes in a combination of prose and poetry. Iambic pentameter is a poetic rhythm used almost all the time in Macbeth. If you...

In your small group find textual evidence for the following themes in Macbeth: ambition, violence, guilt/remorse/second thoughts...as...

Now that you have had a sketchnoting lesson and have practiced, you will be asked to sketchnote an Act from Macbeth. The substitute will...

One of the best things about Shakespeare is that he tells tales that transcend time. His plays highlight the nature of humans (both bad...

We are surrounded by color, and colors affect us on an emotional level due to their symbolic power (part biological, like "red" meaning...

Now that you have viewed Roman Polanski's film version of Macbeth, you are asked to write a review. First, some background. Wikipedia...

Due to feedback from students, Mrs. B has decided to allocated 1 day to "catch up" on unfinished blog posts (journals. assignments,...