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Mrs.Efpatridis' Class

Grade 9 Academic - Semester 2 - 2012 

Click on the links below for notes, lessons, handouts, etc. Come to class prepared with sheets you need printed in order to actively participate.

      Unit 1 - Introduction to Writing 

      Unit 2 - Short Stories

        Unit Test as Final Summative Evaluation

     Unit 3 - Mythology

Unit 4 - Macbeth

Introduction to the Play

  • Lesson 1        MACBETH Overview Note 1        Macbeth Intro Scenarios
  • Lesson 2            Structure in Macbeth                     Dramatic and Literary Devices
  • Lesson 3            Shakespeare's Language               Iambic Pentametre and Paraphrasing
  •                    All The World's a Stage (group activity)
  • Introduction to Shakespeare

    Lessons 4-5                 Background Info on Shakespeare

    Evaluation will take the form of a quiz based on all the material covered in the lessons above

    The Play
    Act One
  • Lessons 6-10             Act I Study Guide and Student Notes  Macbeth Act I, iii Questions
  •                          Act 1 scene 7 summary                 Act I Review-2010
  • Lesson 11                   Dramatic Purpose of a Scene             Themes in Macbeth - Act I
  • Lesson 12-13             Character Analysis Template and Sample
  • Evaluation will take the form of a Character Analysis (written paragraph)  based on all the material covered in the lessons above

    Act Two

  • Lesson 14                   Act II-Scene 1                                 Act II-scene 2
  • Lesson 15                   An Elizabethan View of the Universe    Act 2 scenes 2-4 Review
  • Lesson 16                   Themes in Macbeth - Act II
  • Evaluation will take the form of Quiz and News Report that will cover both Act 1 and 2. Students will also have a pamphlet or brochure to create based on Elizabethan Times.

    Act Three

    Act Four