Interpretations of the Witches

This is a screen shot of a Google search of "Three Witches, Macbeth."  Look closely at the search results. How have the witches been portrayed? 

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A Macbeth-themed Crossword

Jepardy! Shakespeare Style!

Trivia questions over the play

Another Macbeth Crossword

A handful of Macbeth puzzles

To the Parents Of...

Dear Parent or Guardian,

I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself!  My name is Ms. Bruner, and I am your child's English Literature teacher for this year.  I just wanted to express my excitement about working with your child this semester.  I believe that students can grow and develop by examining the texts and issues we cover in this class.  In addition to learning about basic English and writing skills, we will be covering further applicable skills like critical thinking, writing, and research in this class.  

In the upcoming weeks, we will be reading, analyzing, and presenting Shakespeare's tragedy of Macbeth.  In this unit, we will be reading the whole play, focusing on script-analysis, utilizing thinking skills to really "get out of the box" that Shakespeare's put into, and the final project will be to produce a magazine talking about our observations, notes, and analysis of the text.  These will be available on this blog, so you can keep track of your child's progress!

I also want to note that if you ever have any comments, questions, or concerns, I am available for phone calls and meetings (by appointment, please) each day before and after school.  To schedule a meeting, you may contact me via email at rhyannabruner@gmail.com or call the school's number.  

Again, I am excited to be working with your child.  I welcome questions or comments, and am looking forward to a great semester!

Sincerely - 

Ms. Bruner

Ted Ed Lesson

Below is a link to a video-lesson.  I would like you to watch the video provided, follow through the three tabs on the right-hand side, and complete the lesson.

Lady Macbeth is Mad!

Why Are We Learning This?

Under our Common  Core Standards, we are required to teach certain skills.  For this class, the following Standard is applicable.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7
Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.)

In our class, we will be studying Shakespeare's Macbeth, fulfilling the requirement of analyzing a Shakespearean play.  

 Below is a link to GoogleDocs.  Please take the pretest there and submit it by the end of the class period.  Answer to the best of your ability!

Pretest Here!

This is the rubric I will be using to grade your final Macbeth project.  Please look at it carefully.
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