Archive for March, 2008

Macbeth Act 2 Questions - Helena and Sydney
Friday, March 28th, 2008

Scene 1:
1) Banquo has bad dreams about the three witches.
2) Macbeth’s lie to Banquo is that he says he hasn’t thought about the witches.
3) He means that he will talk about it but he doesn’t want to do anything that will dishonor him.
4) He is afraid of killing Duncan and he freaks out alot which […]

Macbeth Advice
Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I would advise Macbeth not to kill the king. I think he would be hurting too many people and he would aslo be putting himself at risk. He would be hurting Duncan’s sons and the country because their kind king had been killed. Macbeth would also be putting himself at risk because people may figure […]

5 Macbeth Quiz Questions
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

1) What is Paddock?
2) Why did the first witch kill the sailor’s wife?
3) What is a thane?
4) Who died nobly?
5) What does Lady Macbeth want the spirits to fill her with?

Teaching Shakespeare Questions
Thursday, March 20th, 2008

1) I think schools teach Shakespeare because it helps us get a feel of what writing was like in that day and to show us how it has evolved over the years. I know Shakespeare is very famous but I don’t know if that is one of the main reasons why schools teach Shakespeare. I’m […]

The Dumbing of America
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

1) The author, Susan Jacoby, is trying to prove that we are slowly knowing less then we are supposed to and don’t care that we don’t know as much as we should from things like Facebook, Xbox and electronics. A sentence she uses to try and convince us of this is when she is talking […]

Lost chapter outline
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

I was thinking my lost chapter would be her sitting in another class talking about the people and giving her teacher a nickname and what she thinks of the class. Another idea I was thinking about would be her sitting in an assembly like the moving up assembly (like we have at our school) and […]