9.22.11

Freshmen Homework 9.22.11

Tonight: Please complete the below activity AND answer the questions provided for you by your classmate.

ALSO: PLEASE bring in markers and paper for Friday's class:)

CCS: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

How do we compose a basic thesis essay?

Yesterday we created a thesis statement. We then created three general supporting main idea statements (m1—m3). After that, we exchanged our compositions with a partner and they came up with three questions based on the data you provided them. Last night you answered each question (a1—a3) & found yourself an article that provides information on your topic.

Okay.

Now I want you to come up with three supporting sentences (s1—s3)—one of which should included a quote from your article—for each of your main idea sentences (m1—m3).

IN your notebook create this outline:

T: Megalodons were apex predators.

M1: They were huge predators.

S1…………………………………………………………………

S2…………………………………………………………………

S3 …………………………………………………………………

M2:  Megalodons were powerful creatures.

S1 In fact, according to Bob Strauss, of About.com, the

    “Megalodon had the most powerful bite of any creature that

     ever lived.”

S2…………………………………………………………………

S3…………………………………………………………………

M3……………………………………………….......................

S1…………………………………………………………………

S2…………………………………………………………………

S3…………………………………………………………………

PLEASE bring in markers and and white paper tomorrow:)

Sophomore Homework 9.22.11

Today  we worked on the following activity.

Tonight, please finish reading the selected text and complete questions that follow.

CCS: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

How can we characterize the witches, and how might we react to such strange news?

Summary: Act 1, scene 3

On the heath near the battlefield, thunder rolls and the three witches appear. One says that she has just come from “[k]illing swine” and another describes the revenge she has planned upon a sailor whose wife refused to share her chestnuts. Suddenly a drum beats, and the third witch cries that Macbeth is coming. Macbeth and Banquo, on their way to the king’s court at Forres, come upon the witches and shrink in horror at the sight of the old women. Banquo asks whether they are mortal, noting that they don’t seem to be “inhabitants o’ th’ earth” (1.3.39). He also wonders whether they are really women, since they seem to have beards like men. The witches hail Macbeth as thane of Glamis (his original title) and as thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is baffled by this second title, as he has not yet heard of King Duncan’s decision. The witches also declare that Macbeth will be king one day. Stunned and intrigued, Macbeth presses the witches for more information, but they have turned their attention to Banquo, speaking in yet more riddles. They call Banquo “lesser than Macbeth, and greater,” and “not so happy, yet much happier”; then they tell him that he will never be king but that his children will sit upon the throne (1.3.63–65). Macbeth implores the witches to explain what they meant by calling him thane of Cawdor, but they vanish into thin air.

In disbelief, Macbeth and Banquo discuss the strange encounter. Macbeth fixates on the details of the prophecy. “Your children shall be kings,” he says to his friend, to which Banquo responds: “You shall be king” (1.3.84). Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Ross and Angus, who have come to convey them to the king. Ross tells Macbeth that the king has made him thane of Cawdor, as the former thane is to be executed for treason. Macbeth, amazed that the witches’ prophecy has come true, asks Banquo if he hopes his children will be kings. Banquo replies that devils often tell half-truths in order to “win us to our harm” (1.3.121). Macbeth ignores his companions and speaks to himself, ruminating upon the possibility that he might one day be king. He wonders whether the reign will simply fall to him or whether he will have to perform a dark deed in order to gain the crown. At last he shakes himself from his reverie and the group departs for Forres. As they leave, Macbeth whispers to Banquo that, at a later time, would like to speak to him privately about what has transpired.

1) Create 5w chart in your notebook:

2) Go back over what you read last night and choose 3 of the 5 Ws exemplified in the text.  After you have identified the specific line of text that exemplifies that particular W, record the quote in the sense column.

3) After you’re finished, please record the following questions in your notebook and answer them using “evidence to support your analysis” in the form of quotations & any vocabulary you find relevant:

Choose two:

a)      How would you characterize the Witches?

b)     How does Macbeth react to the prophecy

c)     How does Banquo react to the news?

4) The witches make predictions about Macbeths and Banquo’s futures. That says something about the future, no? Do you believe in fate, in pre-destiny, or do you think that we control our destiny? Please provide evidence to support your analysis.