For Tuesday/Wednesday: make your choices for memorization from Macbeth and complete the handout on Act I on a separate piece of notebook paper (or type it). Finish the play entirely by Thursday/Friday.
The memorization choices I gave you do not match the Holt book (thanks Sarah and Maddison). So Row 1 (by the window) gets Act I
Row 2 gets Act II
Row 3 gets Act III
Row 4 gets Act IV
Row 5 gets Act V
Row 6 (by the computers) gets Act III
As you read, choose a passage from your assigned act. The passage should be 10-15 lines in length for one speaker, or if you want to act a little scene with a partner, 20-30 lines. Choose crucial speeches and exchanges, important ones that look as if they could be extracted for an oral commentary. If your individual speech is longer than 20 lines, I will score you with a bonus. Thus, you should read and choose carefully for an important speech or exchange, prioritize two or three passages in case you do not get the one you want, and tell me your choices on Thursday/Friday. You will have one week to prepare for your recitation.
Exceptions to the act assignment are possible if you have a desire to do a famous or important speech from another act, but have good reasons.
For Thursday/Friday: finish reading the play
2 comments:
Act 5 has one problem. The longest speech in that act is only 16 lines long. Is this a good reason to ask to preform a speech from another act?
Yes. Act V is all battles and fights. You could enact a scene with a partner that goes longer, but if you want the bonus credit, that would be a good reason to look elsewhere for your part.
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