response

You have many good points. You have also defined how he was prior to his quest for power. I like how you talk about him in the end. It still needs some work as you can talk about the leadership and power level still. See me and we can work on it. Good insight.

Summative EQ

How does power corrupt??
Throughout the entire play, Macbeth is portrayed to us as a noble Scottish general who is not usually inclined to perform evil deeds such as taking a life. However the one thing he desires most is power, and one of the only ways for him to attain power is to kill. Against his own judgement, and from the pressure of his peers, he kills Duncan. In Act 4 and 5, he begins to go mad. Mental, frantic and boastful madness as a matter of fact. The prochecies from the witches are what drives Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to kill, aside from the desire for power. Once one decides to use violence and murder to further themself in the quest for power, it is hard to stop. With many threats to the throne, Macbeth is corrupted by power as he doesn't want to lose it. In Act 5, his madness is concluded with his sudden death in a vicious battle with Macduff. Even on the brink of defeat, Macbeth never gave up, saying "I will not yield, will not kiss the ground before Malcom's feet." That willingness to never give up is what defined Macbeth as a great leader and great King, however his demise was determined on the fact that he was corrupted by the amount of power at his disposal and the threats to his throne.

tragic hero

We chose to do a video because it is easier for our peers to relate to rather than reading some stuff out. Some people learn better visually so therefore we reached out to those people and made it easy to learn act 5. We were influenced by act 5 and by the video we saw in class, it showed us that we can make macbeth fun and modern, and we tried to make it funny as well. The presentation was no more challenging and no easier than any other presentation, it was just regular. I find myself writing on my blog more, because it seems more private and i feel more comfortable writing there.If im writing something really deep, i dont really want others to read it.

YOu still have time....

You said you were missing one entry. I believe it was connecting an EQ to the movie and reflecting on the connection-check class blog for details. You still have time. I will be back on again in the am.
MRs. C

what i have learned today

I have learned today that this project takes alot of effort and hard work if we want a good grade. We are doing a video porject and hope to mkae it entertaining, informative, and fun. This is workig because we all know eachother well and we work well together, therefore we get a should get a good product when its done

metacognition journal.

1. The in class activities have improved my learning and understanding of macbeth. The discussions we have are really helpful and they help me get a different perspective on what i think.
2. Blogging is a really different and a unique approach to learning, and I think its a really good idea. If im on my computer talking to friends, i can do my homework at the same time. This method in my opinion is just adjusting to the times. We are in a time of technology, and this shows how we are adjusting. The class activity that helped me understand macbeth was where we took a passage and translated it into modern english and explained what it meant.
3. My growth as a learner has been positive, and a specific example is the postcard. Before blogging and learning about this stuff, I could not have done a response as in depth and thoughtful as the postcard, but now that I've grown as a learner, i can write things like that. My goal for next term is to keep blogging and keep having fun and get an A!
4. One of my strengths in my opinion is bringing 100% to each class and each assignment. The one thing i want to improve on is getting all the assignments done however. I have missed one assignment and i would like to improve on that. A challenge is really understanding the story of macbeth, and a specific example is the passage we took from the story. It didn't make any sense at first, and it made macbeth really confusing, however once we took a deeper look at it, i better understood the story.

Marking myself

Ok so il answer the questions in order. Yes I realize what i can do now. Yes my blog has a title. I have a visual however it does not connect to Macbeth. I have completed the postcard. I have written the response about what is easier between the play and the movie. I've commented on Mitchs blog and he's commented on mine. Yes i have cut and pasted a passage and told you what i think of it. And yes I am amazed at what i can do with the blog. Out of 20, i would give myself 17, because of the fact that not everything i post is relevant to what we are doing in class, but i still think i've done a good job on the blog.