Wed. Nov. 28

BR: What learning ideas can we do a class to help you better understand Macbeth?

Agenda:

• Grammar: More Practice- Squinting Modifiers- Complete and turn in the exercises below:

Directions:  Rewrite each sentence, moving the misplaced modifier to its correct position.

• 1.  The bus station was located by a river which was made of red brick.
  
  2.  A fish was found in the Pacific Ocean that had been considered extinct.
  
  3.  The cowboy was thrown by the bull in a leather vest.
  
  4.  Sam asked me to go for a ride on the telephone.
  
  5.  She was making a sweater for her lover that was warm.
  
  6.  The results will only be known after all the votes have been counted.
  
  7.  The contractors needed all kinds of artists to paint the mural badly
  
  8.  The opera singer was upstaged by the mime with the robust voice.
  
  9. Left alone in the house, the thunderstorm terrified the two small children.
  
• Create a Character Chart for Macbeth - see yesterday's details on it
• Power Point - Students will take notes on important facts concerning Shakespeare, the Renaissance, Globe Theater, and the Curse
• Macbeth Act 1 - Students will begin reading Act 1 of Macbeth, using the active