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Warm -up. List a couple of your favorite movies. What do you like about them? (i.e., plot development, characterization, tone, mood, atmosphere, dialogue, conflicts, etc.). .
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Warm -up • List a couple of your favorite movies. What do you like about them? (i.e., plot development, characterization, tone, mood, atmosphere, dialogue, conflicts, etc.). Email the link of your Animoto video to pollarddropbox@hotmail.com. Please list your group members and number in the subject line.
Standards Essential Question How do the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate certain elements of a drama make an impact? • ELACC11-12RL3: Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama … • ELACC11-12RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful… • ELACC11-12RL10: …read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems… ?
A few facts… • Macbeth was a real person. • In Shakespeare’s time, Macbeth was a thriller. • More about the psychological truth than in historical fact. • Shakespeare’s plays were affected by the rulers of the time, called a command performance. • Story lines • Genres • Subjects
“If King James, the patron of Shakespeare’s company, ever saw the play, it must have pleased him. Since he had recently survived the Gunpowder Plot, James was especially interested in attacks on kings; he always defended the idea that he ruled by divine right.” King James was a Scot before ruling England after the death of Queen Elizabeth I.
Act I, Scene 1 http://thisismacbeth.com/movie/clips/clip-theatre-act1-scene1.shtml
Exit Slip • What are the connotations of witches in literature? OR What are three things you learned about Shakespeare from other groups? Homework • Finish reading Act I, Scenes 2 and 3. • Fill in Summary Chart for those scenes.