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Photo Credit: RSC: Macbeth
First, you’ll read some of the 48 laws of power and answer these questions in a 200-word blog post: Which of these laws does Macbeth seem to follow? Which of these laws do you think is the most effective and why?
We’ll see an actor do the soliloquy at the [...]

So, we’ll take a look at the Yahoo! Op/Ed page and I want to give you 30 minutes to find 10 examples of rhetorical argument. Clip the example and comment on what the author is trying to do and how effective it is. Try and find the following (see this site for more info):

 Argumentum ad [...]

First, we’ll take the quiz on chapter 4.
Then, we’ll see a short Keynote (written by Marco Torres) on planning a movie.
In small groups, you’ll complete a brainstorm sheet.
Then, I’ll introduce chapter 5. How would you feel if someone came–perfectly legally–to bulldoze your house? Would you try and stop them? How?
HW: Read [...]

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Let’s start by checking the HW while I give y’all 15 minutes to discuss and make a final decision on which Video project you’re going to do.
Then, we’ll talk about chapter 2 using the following quotes to guide us. Why did Steinbeck start like this?
pg. 10 “They fix ‘em so you [...]

…but be the serpent under’t.  (Lady Macbeth 1.5)
We’ll start with the Macbeth motif paper worksheet.  Choose a motif and find 2-3 examples from Act I.  I’ll check your HW in the meantime.
Then, we’ll go through Act I and answer questions, looking particularly hard at 1.4.
We’ll try and stand up to act 2.1.  Which should be [...]