Reflections: Shakespeare Playshop

Last week, we had a great learning experience at the Shakespeare playshop. Reflecting on the activity, what were some of the highlights? Write a post describing your favorite part of the Shakespeare playshop. In doing so, also mention at least (1) thing you learned about the language/life and/or performance of Shakespeare's plays or Elizabethan times.

Taking the Lead

In Chapter 4 of Call of the Wild, there is tension between Buck and Sol-leks. The source of this tension is leadership and whose charge it will be to lead. Buck believes it is his right to lead now that he has defeated Spitz. Consider how this issue of leadership battles relates to real life. In doing so, discuss your ideas about one or all of the following:

• What makes a good leader?
• Is it ever appropriate to usurp leadership? If so, when? (Use dictionary.com if you don’t know the meaning of usurp).
• What problems arise when a team/group doesn’t have the proper leadership? Explain.

The Call of the Wild...Reader Response

Now that you have begun London's The Call of the Wild, take a moment to reflect. What is your reader response to the expository details presented in the first two chapters? Consider the setting, conflict, and characerization of Buck. What are your predictions for action to come later in the novel? Remember to read and react to at least one post of your classmates. Also, remember that your posts are to be scholarly and respectful in their tone.

Reflections-Seventh Grade, Week One

Now that you have finished week one of your 7^th grade year, it is time to reflect. Choose at least two of the following reflection questions, and post your responses:

1. What were the highlights? Explain.
2. What were the lowlights? Explain.
3. In what way(s) do you predict 7^th grade will be different from 6^th grade? Explain.
4. What is your biggest fear about your 7^th grade school year? Explain
5. What aspect/event of your 7^th grade year are you most looking forward to? Explain.

Lunch with a Macbeth Character

If you could transcend time and space to be able to meet and have lunch with any of the characters from the Macbeth play, who would you most like to meet?  What question(s) would you ask this character? Where would you want to have lunch? Why would you choose this character?

Blog Topic 2---Characterization in Macbeth

Now that you are mid-way through the Macbeth play, you should have a sense of character traits, perhaps character flaws, that affect main characters in the play. What words would you use to characterize Macbeth? Lady Macbeth? Explain your choices.

Shakespeare

Before we begin our reading of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, let’s reflect upon our prior impressions and knowledge. What do you already know (or think you know) about William Shakespeare? What are your expectations for the Macbeth play?