10: advertising analysis assignment

You will choose three techniques of advertising and create a poster, notebook or PowerPoint demonstrating how those techniques are used, analyzing specific ads that are examples of those techniques in use. You must include copies of the ads which you are analyzing.

9: Macbeth act II questions

Choose 2 of the following questions and answer them in structured, planned paragraphs. Aim for more than 200 words. Use specific references to the play with scene and line numbers. It would look like this: Macbeth says, “Two truths are told, as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme” (I.ii.126-128)

1. Discuss the significance of omens in this act.

2. What is Macbeth’s state of mind in either scene 1 or 2, and what specific techniques does Shakespeare use to establish it?

3. Discuss the symbolism of blood in scene two, and apply it to specific lines.

4. Is Lady Macbeth’s response to the deaths of the guards is sincere or pretended? Why do you think so, and what difference does it make in our understanding of her character?

DUE: Thurs. 27.11

10: short sentences

10: poetry presentations

Here are some places to look for poems for your presentations:

Here is a webpage from a few years ago with the poems on which the students presented.

Here are some random sites with other poems:

• British War poetry - WW1


• An introduction to WWI poetry


• 120 War Poems

Here is a copy of the assignment (in case you lost it).

11: Victorian poetry orals

Victorian poetry orals

1. Find a poem by one of the poets we looked at and do an analysis of that poem, identifying theme and technique. Some poems:
   
   
   
   
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      1. 'Grief' by Elizabeth Barret Browning
      
      
      2. 'Consolation' by Elizabeth Barret Browning
      
      
      3. some Tennyson poems
      
      
      4. some Hardy poems
      
      
      5. some Robert Browning poems
         
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   

1. Do some research on one of the poets we looked at, and use that information to explain something about the poems we looked at. Make sure the focus is on the poetry, not a long summary of a biography.

1. Look at elements of Victorian culture and values and explain how we see those present in some of the poems we read.

1. Write your own Victorian poem. Use the techniques and elements you saw used in these poems, and have a presentation explaining how you used the poems as a source for your own poem.

Orals will be presented Tues. 18 and Wed. 19 November.

9: Macbeth Act I assignment

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Choose two images from  Act I that you think are important in establishing character, conflict or setting. For each, quote the lines (including reference*), create an image and write a short paragraph explaining the significance. The paragraphs should be structured.

Due Thursday 13.11.

* act, scene, line number = I,ii,15-17.

9: Macbeth links

Here are some things to help you keep up with the play:

No Fear Shakespeare Macbeth: The original text side-by-side with a more modern, easy to read translation.

MIT Shakespeare Macbeth: Just a straight text, good for cutting and pasting when needed.

10: Cruel to Be Kind

A musical paradox...

11: Ebony and Ivory

More education for you:

11: 'Don't Fear the Reaper'

So we mentioned reapers today while reading 'The Lady of Shalott,' and I remembered a song title. 'Don't Fear the Reaper' is originally by Blue Oyster Cult, but a good version is by Helsinki's own HIM.