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Hey Guys,Just wanted to let you know I am currently in the library grading your quizzes and glogs- they all look really good! Monday we will be working through hopefully all of act V, so come prepare for action and ready to read! As of right now, it's looking like we might have to push the test back to Thursday instead of Wednesday (I'm sure you are all so upset). For those of you who will be missing a few days next week, I am going to try to get some review materials together for you guys to take on Tuesday after class that you can take with you so that when you come back Monday or whenever your trip is over, you will be prepared to test. Have an excellent weekend guys, and be excited for Monday, we're getting to my favorite part of Macbeth! =) Welcome to the page for your Macbeth Unit discussions! **//  On this pag e you can find... //** links to the Macbeth discussion   homework assignments  daily class agendas I have updated the pages. You can now see who is posting for what acts. You are only posting in the wiki discussion for the acts that you signed up for. Act II posts are all due by Saturday at Midnight. I WILL BE CHECKING AT EXACTLY 12 (not 12:01 =) .)

The main purpose for this wiki-page is to give you a place to comment and discuss Shakespeare's //Macbeth//, //as if you were the characters from Macbeth// ! We are going to split the play in half, so for acts 2 and 3 one group of you will take on the roles in the play and then for acts 4 and 5 another group of you will be taking on the roles in the play. You will be talking to each other via the discussion board for your class as if you were the character you are playing in the play. Anyone may at any time contribute to the discussion as "bystanders", "random soldiers", and "random servants" or even as deceased characters as the play moves forward for extra credit opportunities even if you are not reading a part in the play during that particular act. Every student will be **commenting at least t wice** on the events occurring during their assigned acts ** as well as responding to at least two **of their peer's comments. I want this to look something like twitter, where if someone posts a comment about how "Macbeth is goin' crazzyy", another student playing Banquo during acts 2 or 3 may comment saying "umm, yeah dude. (insert details here)". Be creative with this, but appropriate! You can update the language to a more modern-day language, or if you guys want to bring individuality to each character that is fine. Macbeth can be from New Jersey, and Banquo can be from Louisiana if you want. I envision this leading to funny discussion threads that are relevant to the plot of the play. You should Use the subject line to introduce yourself as your character, so that everyone is clear who they are responding to.

There are a few guidelines for your post:

 * 1) Your post needs to be relevant to the current plot of the play. So if we are reading Act 1, you must post about events in act I.
 * 2) Your are required to post once for each act of that you have signed up for, and respond twice. ALL POSTS MUST BE RELEVANT TO THE CURRENT PLOT and have substance (not just "I agree") to receive credit!
 * 3) You must use appropriate language in your post
 * 4) Your posts should be creative, but we should still be able to recognize you as your character. For instance if the main character murders someone and your character according to the text was at dinner while it happened, you can't pretend that you suddenly were there and saw the murder happen; it's not part of the story-line.
 * 5) All posts are due by //**midnight the day after each act is finished**//. So if we are working on Act 1 Monday-Tuesday and you are reading the part of Macbeth for that act, all 3 of your posts (2 comments on plot action and 1 response to another character) are due by Midnight on Wednesday

**Resources for //Macbeth// at Home** Many of you asked me to add the list of resources that I gave to you to the Glogster Webpage, I can't find a way to make it appear on my profile page so I am going to add them for you here ... http://shakespeare.mit.edu/macbeth/full.html (full text version of Macbeth [use control + f to find Act's and Scenes]) http://www.shakespeare-online.com/quotes/macbethquotes.html (important quotes from Macbeth- useful for your Glogster posters!) and of course.. http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth the sparknotes page for Macbeth