How do Macbeth’s Motivation compare to his interaction with different characters?

Kelly Lin
November 5, 2018
Mrs. Fusaro-Pizzo, Blogger #20
Sophomores, Period 7


Aim: How does Macbeth's multiple or conflicting motivation compare to his interaction with other character advance the plot or develop the theme?


Brief class activity
In class, we continue to to read Macbeth Act I Scene III and IV with the same student, cast, from the previous blog, bravely and fluently reading out loud in front of the class again.


We then proceed to analyze the wisdom Banquo portrayed during his discussion with Macbeth after their first interaction with the Witches and their 'prophecy'.  He conclude that the Witches might only had given them the truth in order to win their trust and later betray them when they are unguarded against them. From this we conclude that Banquo is a smart and attentive character that is able to see a bigger picture judging by the way he interpreted the reasons the Witches might have presented them with honest truth, the prophecy.

Afterward, we then started to focus more on the change in Macbeth and his 'aside' throughout the play. Paying more attention to who he is directing his speech at and with. For example, his soliloquy and aside with Banquo.



Group Work

1. What does the figurative language used by Banquo in the line “instruments of darkness” imply?

• This figurative languages used by Banquo shows the way he views the Witches with suspicion and by labeling them as "instrument of darkness" he is also implying that they might bring huge calamity or destruction or some extremely huge conspiracies.

2. What is Banquo’s warning to Macbeth in lines 132-139?

• The presence of the Witch itself is suspicious and the fact that they are presenting them, Macbeth and Banquo, with honest fact and truth puts them, Witches, in even more suspicion. He is warning that are trying to gain their trust by presenting the truth but then will betray them later on resulting them facing huge consequences when they are unguarded against them in their most vulnerable state.

By the end of class, and brief analysis on Macbeth soliloquy, we realized that Macbeth is starting to change from a loyal soldier that defends his homeland, and kills his enemies, to someone with great ambition to become a king after he's interaction with the Witches and the 'prophecy'.

“Fair is Foul, Foul is Fair”

Kelly Lin
November 2, 2018
Mrs. Fusaro-Pizzo, Blogger #20Sophomores, Period 7

Aim: How does Macbeth’s multiple or conflicting motivations compared with his interaction with other characters advance the plot or develop the theme?

DONOW: Pair Share
What conclusion did you draw about “Fair is Foul, Foul is Fair” from Your Big Paper/Little Paer discussion?

In class, students volunteered to read out loud Act 1, scene 2, bravely standing in front of the entire class and projecting their voice loud and clear.

As we are reading, we realize the three Witches could change and manipulate nature but they can not killed a man himself with their magic. Connecting it with Greek mythology, we see that Shakespeare was probably inspire by Goddess, for example Demeter, of nature, which is why the Witches power is only limited to nature.

Aside can be soliloquy but soliloquy.

Aside- thinking out loud or conversation with other that is heard by the audience but not meant for other character to hear 

Celina Lin #7-19 Blogger

November 1st, 2018

Aim: How do The Witches set the mood and foreshadow events for the play?

Continuing from the Introduction of MacBeth

Facts about the Setting:
- Scotland was not a traditional monarchy . A king's son would usually get the throne, but under extreme circumstances, the nobles of Scotland could vote for a different successor.

- Scotland is in war in the beginning of the play. Mackdonwald, a rebel tries to overthrow Duncan and make a deal with the King of Norway.

- The rules of the Host and Guest still applies. The rule is that the Host must provide lavishly and the best of the ability for his of her guests. The rule was practiced from the most poor to the most rich. The Host would guaranteed their guest's safety and anticipate their needs and provide them with everything they need. They would treat their guests better than the people living there.

We watched a video on Macbeth and that gave us an introduction to the characters in the book and their roles.

Vocabulary terms for today's lesson:

-daimonic- the crazed passion which drives extreme behaviors
- ananagnorisis- the moment the character realizes he/she has made a tragic error in action/judgement.

Class Discussion: Does the scene appear as you envisioned it? How or how not?
What prophecies do they "hail" for Macbeth and Banquo?

Group Work: Big Paper/Little Paper(The Silent Discussion)
-Each person must respond to the "little paper" SILENTLY by writing his/thoughts on the "big paper"
-No verbal communication
- Respond directly to the quote, respond to a group-mate, make a connection or do it all.

Introduction to Macbeth, Blogger 7-16, 10/29/18

Monday, October 29, 2018.

Vocab Quiz - Unit 2: Quiz on Unit 2 Vocabulary Words.

Introduction To Macbeth

Aim: How can we familiarize ourselves with Macbeth?

Supposedly saying the word “Macbeth” in a theater will bring bad luck to the play. To Reverse the bad luck if the word is said, the person who must exit the theater, spin around three times saying profanity, then ask for permission to return inside the theater.
Many weird things happen when the play Macbeth is acted out.

The Characters Of Macbeth:
- Macbeth. A Scottish General and the thane of Glamis. He is not comfortable with the role of the villan.
- Lady Macbeth. Deeply ambitious. Lusts for power and position.
- The Three Witches.
- Banquo. A noble general. He represents the path that Macbeth did not take.
- Macduff. A Scottish nobleman.
- King Duncan. Good king of Scotland. Virtuous and benevolent.
- Malcom. Returns order following Macbeth’s reign of terror.

Many plays, movies, and TV series has referenced Macbeth:
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Starfox
- Greys Anatomy
- Simpsons
and many more...

Group Work: The use of supernatural is used throughout Macbeth. Explain the purpose that Shakespeare might have had to use the supernatural. Consider the time period of the play (1605) the audience and King James.
- Many of Shakespeare’s plays have supernatural.
- Right after middle ages, which had a lot of death.
- People were very intrigued by these topics.

We then pick our new teams for our group numbers.

Lord Of The Flies Project Presentations day 3

The first island that was presented today was "HAVSPS Island" from group 2: The Fake Family. On the Island there is:
- A downtown area with malls and other shopping buildings, large towering apartments, and skyscrapers.
- A village that focuses on art and relaxing, with a bakery, mulitple buildings dedicated to the many forms of art.
- A residential area what consists of many houses and stores where the common people on the island lives.
- A city that has towering buildings, luxurious houses, and prestigious schools where the wealthy people live.
- An outdoors area with no buildings, a forest, a beach, a bonfire, and has constantly changing weather for camping and adventure. The island is also surrounded by uncharted territory.
- A river that splits the island into two sections with bridges connecting the two halves.
- A train on each side of the island allows for easy travel within the island.

Although the island was based off of the modern day east coast of America, the whole Island seemed more European to me. With the urban areas where art is very prevalent and is small enough where cars aren't needed and people mostly used the train, that is also surrounded by nature and small villages. Overall the island seemed like a very picturesque vacation spot grounded in reality that sounds like a place that I would personally like to go to once in a while.


The second island that was presented was "Banana Island" from group 5: Kelvin 506 an Island in the shape of an island that is inhabited by minions. On the island there is:
- A mountain of naturally formed ice cream surrounded by a chocolate moat.
- A forest of Banana trees that cover most of the Island.
- "Kevin Lake," a lake named after "Kevin," a minion worshiped by the other minions as a god.
- "Candy Cane Docks," where people enter and exit the island."
- A village where people can rent huts to stay.
- An ancient chocolate meteorite that has a cave that formed over thousands of years.
- Only one form of currency, Bananas.

The Island in general came off as a light hearted joke concept of an island that only serves to get a good laugh out of someone. It wasn't made to work seriously, as it would be impossible for any stable economy to form as we discussed in class, but it served it's purpose as a quick little "what if..." joke that managed to get me to chuckle. Although it isn't a place that I wouldn't be seen at any time soon.

Blogger for 10/24/18 Sean Fisherman

ASSIGNMENT: Creating a Creative Island

As a team, you will construct your own imaginary island. For each team member you have, you will have one part of the island. You have freedom to be creative for the main theme of your island, just be sure to get approval for your idea.  The main objective is to use creative imagery, using setting and mood to convey atmosphere. (Golding’s use of description in Lord of the Flies is your model text.)

Group One: Phoenix From the Ashes

Phoenix From the Ashes’ project had 6 islands all based off of popular video and board games. Their presentation and project itself was a colorful, 3D one that was very pleasing to the eye. All 6 islands could be distinctly told apart, but looked like they went together in a way.

Jade’s Island: Angry Bird Island

• On the project paper itself, the Island was colorful and greatly designed
• As for the speaking part of the presentation, she nailed everything, and as someone who has played Angry Birds before, she accurately depicted what their “Island” would represent

Elizabeth’s Island: Candyland Island

• The Island on the paper was an eye catching design, popping out of the paper with its colorful wrappers, an homage to Candyland
• When speaking of her island, Liz went into great detail, and although I have never played this game before, I had a great deal of knowledge of the game after the presentation

Maya’s Island: Pokemon Island

• Pokemon Island on the project paper was a beautifully designed island, as were all the other islands. I’d like to note that  as a whole the project was designed with great detail and care
• My personal favorite, Pokemon Island sounded like a place I’d love to visit, a wonderful tourist destination and a true moneymaker financially

Sarah’s Island: Mario Kart Island

• Also one of my favorites, Mario Kart Island informed the listeners as to how they could spend their time on the island and how they could upgrade an already wonderful experience on their island
• Personally, I liked the mentioning of Bowser’s Haunted Castle and Coconut Mall, 2 of the best levels in Mario Kart by far

Teresa’s Island: Plants vs. Zombies Island

• Another island based off of a game I played extensively as a child, Plants vs. Zombies island gave me memories of the game I used to play manically as a child, it was one of the first games to go viral on the iPhone
• The island sounded like an exciting place to vacation, with many activities and battles taking place on it

Kailey’s Island : Monopoly Island

• I liked the design of this island because it stayed true to the fundamentals of one of the most famous board games of all time, even with a few pieces stuck onto the project paper
• Monopoly Island sounds like the perfect island for a competitive family who is looking for a great time, and sounded like a whole lot of fun

Group 2:The Hounds

Different from the other project that had been presented today, The Hounds project was a story of a lost kids on an island. What I enjoyed about the project was the fact that it was presented on Minecraft, a very interesting and unique technique to tell a story. The story itself was also a joy to listen to.

I like how the group split up each members readings into portions by the development of the story. For example, George read the introduction on the beach, letting us meet the characters. Celina read as the characters find the forest. Then, Alan reads as the characters become accustomed to the forest and settle down. Nick reads as they discover a lake, and their biggest challenge yet, how to get across. Trent reads as they find a mountain, and attempt to climb the mountain, and finally, Jacob reads as the characters try to get rescued, and they do. Finally, I liked how they noted the writing techniques they used as they read the story, like Deus ex Machina.

Task: Present our creative Islands that we made in our class groups. These Creative Islands are to be based off of the Island the boys crash land on from Lord of flies. We were to use the examples of creative imagery and mood/setting we learned in Lord of the flies to thoroughly develop our islands; Ms. Fusaro gave our class a lot of diversity with these assignments so you will see a large amount of variation between the different groups presentations which in my opinion is way more exciting.

First up is burning books with: The Flying Islands

           Burning books is a little bit different from the competition opting in to more of an archipelago than a single Island. This Archipelago is broken up into five unique Islands: Peasant/Agriculture Island, Military Island, Fire Island, Coal mining/Industrial Island and Rich/City Island.



Military Island:

• If on military island you must server in the military between the age of 18-65. 
• Order is based on rank.
•  Protects the rest of the Islands
• Surrounded by sharks (spooky)

Agriculture Island:

• People on the Island are dirt poor
• Provides food for other Islands
• Its cramped and discomforting to live on the Island

Coal Mining Island:

• Live expectancy is low because most work all day in the Coal mines
• Inhabitants are essentially slaves working unfair hours for no wage

City Island:

• Everyone on the island is either extremely rich or poor
• Very vain society all anyone cares about is wealth
• The poor make these material things for the rich

Fire Island: 

• It is supposed to represent the never ending connection between the Islands

Close Behind is Celsius 232 presenting: Oreo Island

       So as this is my own group I will try to not be too biased but hey Oreo Island actually looks pretty cool. Celsius 232 made their model in Minecraft adding many details from their story into the actual presentation. Speaking of my group decided to actually write a story along with our island which revolves around Commander crunch who lands on an mysterious Island made of cookies and Oreo's. His Island eventually results into a war breaking out in between the two inhabitant clans on the Island the chocolate oreo's and the golden vanilla oreo's. They fight to the end until the island (cookie) finally crumbles and all of the conflict leads to the Island spliting apart. As I reflect back on my Island I feel that maybe we may have included some culturally themes and language in our writing (which I will not get into detail about), we were quick to fix after we noted the issue but these type of thing are inexcusable even if unintended. This just goes to show the importance of proof reading especially reading as if you are an outsider to catch things that my slip by. 

Peace out ;3

-Thami H. pd7