Good bye to a month of long weekends

The effects of the king's murder leave no one safe,
As guilt wraps its tentacles, even Lady Mac begins to chafe.
Banquo's head is on the chopping block, we'll see how that goes,
Macbeth killing the Lord's anointed is just the start of his woes.
Very rarely do we get into the mind of a serial killer,
This ride is one heck of a physiological thriller!
Crack open your plays, read to the end of scene three,
and see if any more is fulfilled of the witches' prophecy.
And don't forget your poems that are based on a lie,
Drafts due Monday, bring your poetry game and stupify!


your commitment to a lie

Sun, how do I love thee, let me count the ways! (ahem, Apostrophe)

Today we had class out on the hilly lawn,
It was done, in part, to stifle a yawn
that sometimes happens when we study the bard
It goes without saying that sometimes he's hard.
But I tried a few things and maybe you were entertained,
Even if, it times, the hearing was strained.
As for tonight, the homework couldn't be lighter:
Finish 3 questions then we'll see if Banquo's a fighter.

So I wrote this yesterday : (

I posted this last night but posted it to "History"
Why I seem to often do this is a bit of a mystery...

You are taking some time to re-do your quiz, 

you're sprucing it up so you sound like a whiz,

Then you're moving along and starting the third act,

Read up to the top of page 69, as a matter of fact.

Sunday's a-coming!

Hello lovelies!

Please watch your "poetry in voice" performances and self evaluate based on the marking sheet and hand this in Tuesday:

Videos

If you left your marking rubric at school (cuz that happens), I got 'chu:

Scoring Rubric

Remember that your proposal for your 'poem based on a lie' is due this Tuesday. Hand-written, typed, doesn't matter, just give me a paper copy.

And lastly, here is your 'quiz' for Act 2, also due Tuesday.

Looking at Act 2, Answer this question in one well written paragraph.

Who is Macbeth? Have a good hook, well integrated quotes, and a strong conclusion.

(sorry this post isn't in verse,

it was kind of hard to be terse,

and I didn't have time to rehearse

my lines. Not doing a poem feels like curse,

but I'll be back with rhymes, should worse come to worse!)

It's everywhere you want to be

Books to bring home for English? $0
Assignments that need to be completed? $0
Homework to finish for tomorrow's class? $0

That feeling you get when you know this is true? Priceless!

Poor Macbeth?

Now for the homework we've been practicing for a while,
Tomorrow you deliver your poem(s) and do it in style!



NOT YOU, OF COURSE.



ALSO NOT YOU.

Palm Sunday: "Hosana, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord"

Students be asking me, "What's my grade?"
Isn't that why the report card was made?
Projects, quizzes, and tests handed back:
You should have a sense of where you stack.
So nobody ask me, "What's my mark?"
Or I'll have to repulse you like Tony Stark.
Let's focus on the homework that needs to be done,
Complete Scene two and questions...and let's call it fun.