S+Lunt,+Cyril

**Office:** 79 Bismark St., Konigsberg, East Prussia, Deutsches Reich **Office Phone:** (207) 555-5555 **Office Hours:** Reasonable, but not too late. ** E-mail: ** cyril.lunt@maine.edu
 * Teacher:** Mr. Lunt

=Summary of Unit= Students will be taken to the world of Macbeth, learning about the play itself, Shakespeare, and the time period both are from. The students will explore the play through actually acting out the play, watching scenes from actual productions, and simple readings. They will also, by the end of the unit, understand the time Macbeth was written in, and why it was written in the first place. They will also place connections between the characters from the play and their real life counterparts, as well as the connection between the play and King James the First. In the unit, the students will also use technologies such as iMovie, Blogster, Prezi, GarageBand, Flash, and WikiSpaces. By the end of the unit, I hope that every student in the class will understand the play, as well as its importance in the English world.

=Establish Goals= Common Core State Standards Content Area: Reading Grade Level: Grades 11-12 Domain: Literature Standard: Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure, and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Clusters: 3, 6, 7

=Students will understand that= • Shakespeare's language is still accessable today, and understandible to us, though point out word play. • everything that is in the play is there for a reason. All symbolism is important. • the era that Macbeth was written in influenced many parts of the play.
 * //Students will understand that://** **(U)**

=Essential Questions= • is Macbeth a play about a good man who was corrupted by the outside world, or was he always evil and merely dealt a good hand? • why is there magic in a generally realistic, Jacobean play? • how did the era that Macbeth was written in influence the play?

=Students will know= • critical details: about Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, the Witches, Macduff, the play itself, and Shakespeare. • important events and people: within the play, as well as within Shakespeare's own life. • sequence and timeline: The play, Shakespeare's life, and the Jacobean era in general.

=Students will be able to= • justify their belief in whether or not Macbeth was good. • read between the lines of Shakespeare's word plays. • preform scenes from the play with understanding. • analyze the symbolism within the play. • consider the pressures and events within Shakespeare's life. • be aware of how life was like in Jacobean England.

**Performance Task Overview** You've been selected to be one of the directors of the upcoming Macbeth movie adaptation, produced and funded by Ironia Production Company, the largest production company in the world. Because the men and women of Ironia want to insure that their production of Macbeth is true and faithful to the original (in at least content), part of the competition is to recreate a scene from Macbeth in another era or genre, to show that you understand the ins and outs of Macbeth. Once you have finished your product, it will be reviewed by the professional movie reviewers and the best directors will be chosen from the submissions.

You are to use either iMovie or Windows Movie Maker to do this project, and must choose a scene from the play. Transpose this scene into another era or genre (or both), but try to keep the message behind the scene as intact as possible. An example would be to take the final scene with Macbeth and transpose it to a Spaghetti Western high-noon show down/shoot out. Even though the time, place, and genre are different, you can capture the same message this way as you could with the original.

=Expectations= //Absence:// If you are absent, or know that you will miss a day of class, please shoot me an email. I will understand. Please check the syllabus for what you missed, and tell me if you need a handout. I am willing to work with you during my office hours, or after-school with an appointment.

//Plagiarism:// Of course, plagiarism will never be allowed in my classroom. If you are caught plagiarizing, you will get an automatic zero for the assignment. However, I do understand that it could ultimately be a mistake. You could have not cited a source, or forgot to make a statement into a quote. If you did make an honest-to-god mistake, you'll be warned. If you plagiarize a second time after the first, even if it was a mistake, you will get a zero for the assignment. If you are caught three times, you will get a zero for the entire semester.

//Classroom Behaviors:// Seeing as you will be in college in only four years or less, I expect you to act like thus. I will not tolerate fooling around, sarcastic remarks, talking back, or any general uncouth action.

//Other Stuff:// All in all, I'm hoping that everyone just has fun, and learns something in the process!

=Benchmarks= Every student will be given 60,000 points of work.

You will be expected to write an essay about your beliefs on Macbeth, and whether or not he is a fallen hero or protagonist villain.
 * • Essay (5,000 points):**

While you will be keeping a blog for the entire class, one assignment is larger than the rest. You will be tasked to talk about Shakespearean English, and take a scene from Macbeth and translate it into modern English.
 * • Blog (5,000 points):**

You will make an iMovie presentation, where you take a scene from //Macbeth// and transfer it to another time period or genre.
 * • iMovie/Windows Movie (20,000 points):**

You will have the opportunity to make a drawing on //photoshop// that represents the symbolism of the play.
 * • Photoshop (10,000 points):**

You will make another movie, but instead of placing it into another time period or genre, you're going to simply remove all the audio and replace it with a song you make on GarageBand.
 * • GarageBand (10,000 points):**

You will be tasked to make a Prezi presentation on a facet of Jacobean England and present it to the class.
 * • Prezi (10,000):**

=Grading Scale= **A** (93 -100), **A-** (90 - 92), **B+** (87 - 89), **B** (83 - 86), **B-** (80 - 82), **C+**(77 - 79), **C** (73-76), **C-** (70 - 72), **D+**(67 - 69), **D** (63 - 66), **D-** (60 - 62), **F** (0 - 59).