Sample Questions for Career Interview

Why did you choose this profession or occupation?

How long have you worked in this field?

What sort of education or training was required?

What do you like best about your job?

What's the most difficult part of your job?

If you had all the money in the world, would you still work at this job?

B period 5/29, hw due 6/2

Agenda

• Hand in late Macbeth essays
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• Understanding human development and characterization
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• View Forrest Gump, tracking the character development of Forrest, Jenny, and Lt. Dan

Hw)  complete character development chart for 1st half of movie

E and B period

Agenda

• MacBeth soliloquies  rehearse then perform
• SSR

HW) catch up on late Macbeth insanity plea essay

Freshmen career research project INCLUDES ALL HW DEADLINES FROM 5/29 TO 6/9

Grade 9 Career Research : Oral and Written Report

You are to research one career of interest using the following required resources:

• Websites
• Oral Interview of a person working in that career (on your own time!)

Graded Requirements:

A one-two page word processed summary of a current magazine or newspaper article

that focuses on that career (with MLA citation) (5/29 or 6/1)

Interview (5 questions and answers minimum) (6/2 or 6/3)

An oral presentation utilizing a Power Point presentation (last slide will be

properly formatted MLS Works Cited Page) (6/4 or 6/5)

A two- three page word processed report (final page will be a properly

formatted MLA Works Cited Page) (6/8 or 6/9)

Within your written and oral presentations, include the following information:

1. Identify the title(s) of your chosen career.

2. Provide a job description for the career.

3. List and explain the necessary skills required to perform the duties of the career.

4. Identify the educational requirements to obtain a job in that career, both at an entry level

and if it provides an opportunity for growth.

(For examples, social work does provide entry level jobs with a Bachelor’s

degree, but for growth and higher salary goals, one needs at least a Master’s degree.

5. Identify the starting pay and ultimate maximum pay for the career.

6. Identify and explain jobs you can do while in high school and college

that might build the skills you need for the career.

7. Identify specific schools-academic and/or vocational-that

will prepare you for your career and explain how you would

prepare to be accepted into theses schools.

8. Identify career areas one might branch off and into from the career.

9. Include what you learned from your interviewee about the career.

Here are a few good links to help you with your research:

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Career One Stop

Purdue OWL for MLA citation information

E period recitations on 5/28

Act 1, scene 3 Witches scene:  Chris- witch 1; Sharborne-witch 2; Kenny witch 3

Act 1, scene 3 Macbeth:  Saul

II, 1  Macbeth's dagger speech: Shayne

Act III, scene 1:  Macbeth

Act IV, scene 1:  Kiara-witch and Malcolm 1; Chelsea-witch  2; Lindsey-witch 3 ; Tiara--Macbeth and Lady Macbeth; Tanique-2nd and 3rd app; Howell-narrator; Chris-Hecate and 1st app

Act V, scene 3:  M. Healy:  Macbeth

E period 5/26, due 5/28

Agenda

1. collect Macbeth essays
2. begin Macbeth recitation work
3. select 10-15 lines to act out  (each student must have unique speech)
4. paraphrase in class to hand in

HW)  prepare for Macbeth recitation, must explain orally what speech is about before you do your recitation on Thursday

B period Macbeth recitation assignments

Kaleigh
I, iii  Lady Macbeth monologue



James and Brandon
 I, vii Macbeth's monolog

Kacey
III, iv, Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to stop seeing Banquo's ghost

Kelsey and Samantha
I, vii Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth


Duranjay 
II, 1  Macbeth's dagger speech


Dylan Reid
III, 1 Dog speech to murderers


Savannah, Carlos, Ainhoa
IV, 1 second witches' prophecy

Dylan Devine
V, v Macbeth's tomorrow speech

C and D period 5/22

Agenda

• call for late papers
• game day rehearsal of R and J speeches
• students recitations

HW)  No HW over Memorial Day weekend

B period 5/22, hw due 5/27

Agenda

1. collect Macbeth essays
2. begin Macbeth recitation work
3. select 10-15 lines to act out  (each student must have unique speech)
4. paraphrase in class to hand in

HW)  prepare for Macbeth recitation, must explain orally what speech is about

G and H 5/21,hw due 5/26

1.  Hand in Friar Laurence essays
2.  Memorize the following two lines in 5 minutes working with a partner
Juliet:  "I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins
            That almost freezes up the heat of life."  ((IV, iii, 15-16, p. 611)
3.   Recite the lines without looking to your partner
4.  Read through the following 5 soliloquies or individual parts with your partner or on your own
      Romeo II, ii, 1-14  (Romeo's romantic lines while listens to Juliet under her balcony)
      Mercutio III, 1, 92-107 ONLY MERCUTIO'S LINES     
       Juliet Act III,  ii, 17-31 (Juliet waiting to meet her Nurse with news of Romeo)
       Friar Laurence  Act IV, i, 89-106 (Friar Laurence's plan for Juliet)
       Juliet  Act IV, iii, 14-30 (her second doubts about the Friar's plans)
5.  Select one to practice in order to recite in our next class
6.  Paraphrase without online help the speech
HW)  rehearse in order to present with all appropriate emotion your speech and its paraphrase

E period 5/21, HW due 5/26

Was Macbeth truly guilty of premeditated murder at the time or innocent due to the  insanity he suffered as a result of the supernatural happenings he encountered?

write a 4 paragraph essay crafting an opening statement as if you are serving as Macbeth's attorney in a murder trial

Paragraph 1:  thesis taking your position 

Paragraph 2:  Topic sentence supporting position
                          explain context leading to quoted evidence
                         quoted evidence
                          transition
                         more context, leading to quoted evidence
                          quoted evidence
                          clincher

Paragraph 3: 
                         Topic sentence supporting position
                          explain context leading to quoted evidence
                         quoted evidence
                          transition
                         more context, leading to quoted evidence
                          quoted evidence
                          clincher

Paragraph 4:  short conclusion, wrapping up points and connecting to universal message


HW) first draft of 4 paragraph essay on Macbeth's defense opening statement

C and D period 5/20, hw due 5/22

Agenda

1.  Hand in Friar Laurence essays
2.  Memorize the following two lines in 5 minutes working with a partner
Juliet:  "I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins
            That almost freezes up the heat of life."  ((IV, iii, 15-16, p. 611)
3.   Recite the lines without looking to your partner
4.  Read through the following 5 soliloquies or individual parts with your partner or on your own
      Romeo II, ii, 1-14  (Romeo's romantic lines while listens to Juliet under her balcony)
      Mercutio III, 1, 92-107 ONLY MERCUTIO'S LINES     
       Juliet Act III,  ii, 17-31 (Juliet waiting to meet her Nurse with news of Romeo)
       Friar Laurence  Act IV, i, 89-106 (Friar Laurence's plan for Juliet)
       Juliet  Act IV, iii, 14-30 (her second doubts about the Friar's plans)
5.  Select one to practice in order to recite in our next class
6.  Paraphrase without online help the speech
HW)  rehearse in order to present with all appropriate emotion your speech and its paraphrase

G and H period 5/19, due 5/21

Agenda

1.  Highlight on common essay the verbs, initial words, and modifiers of sample essays
2.  Discuss and work together to improve sentences within sample essays
3.  Peer editing and teacher conferencing on student essays
HW)  final final draft of essay in MLA format

C and D period 5/18, hw due 5/20

Agenda

• Highlight quoted evidence, underline citation in draft
• peer editing for evidence integration and quality of argument
• Teacher conferencing
• revising drafts

HW) final draft of Friar Laurence essay due Wednesday

B period May 18, hw due 5/22

• Highlight quoted evidence, underline citation in draft
• peer editing for evidence integration and quality of argument
• Teacher conferencing
• revising drafts

HW) final draft of MacBeth essay due Friday

Friar Laurence evidence

A)  unite families with loving marriage of children
  "I'll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households rancor into love."(I, 3, 90-93)

  "Therefore love moderately: long love doth so."(II, 6, 14-15)



B)
Talks Juliet out of suicide
FL talks her out of desperation by offering a plan
"Hold daughter, I do spy a kind of hope, Which craves as desperate an execution as that is desperate to prevent. . .thou wilt undertake a thing like death."(IV, 1, 69-74)


C)
Offers alternative to Romeo after Tybalt's death
 FL talks Romeo out of suicide after he gets banished, " I'll give you armor to keep off that word . . . banished"(III, 3,54)

"Wilt thou slay thyself?  And slay thy lady too lives in thee" (III, 3, 116)


D)  FL wasn't at fault for leaving tomb

C and D period 5/14, hw due 5/18

Romeo and Juliet essay

Purpose:  Write a short argumentative essay that could stand as an opening defense statement for Friar Laurence.

The Charge:  Friar Laurence is on trial for conspiring to help two underage youth defy their parents, an act which led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Suggested Outline:

1st paragraph:  1 sentence thesis statement clearly defending Friar Laurence, his character, and his actions.

2nd paragraph:    5-6 sentence defense of Friar Laurence

    1.  topic sentence

    2.  evidence with quote and citation

    3.  explanation

    4.  more evidence with quote and citation

    5.  explanation

    6.  clincher sentence

3rd paragraph:  5-6 sentence concession and refutation

    1.  concede that some accusations MAY be true

    2.  explain why those accusations don’t detract from his innocence

    3-6.  explore other accusations against Friar Laurence, including the biggest one--that he left Juliet alone in the tomb

4th paragraph:  1 sentence conclusion

Reminders:  no “I” statements

HW)  draft for use in Monday's class

B period 5/14, hw due 5/18

Agenda

1.  preview Macbeth and Supernatural packet
2.  view PBS version highlights of supernatural scenes
3.  preview and plan persuasive essay prompt
HW)  draft 1 of MacBeth court argument for not guilty by reason of insanity

G and H period 5/13, hw due 5/15

Romeo and Juliet essay

Purpose:  Write a short argumentative essay that could stand as an opening defense statement for Friar Laurence.

The Charge:  Friar Laurence is on trial for conspiring to help two underage youth defy their parents, an act which led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Suggested Outline:

1st paragraph:  1 sentence thesis statement clearly defending Friar Laurence, his character, and his actions.

2nd paragraph:    5-6 sentence defense of Friar Laurence

    1.  topic sentence

    2.  evidence with quote and citation

    3.  explanation

    4.  more evidence with quote and citation

    5.  explanation

    6.  clincher sentence

3rd paragraph:  5-6 sentence concession and refutation

    1.  concede that some accusations MAY be true

    2.  explain why those accusations don’t detract from his innocence

    3-6.  explore other accusations against Friar Laurence, including the biggest one--that he left Juliet alone in the tomb

4th paragraph:  1 sentence conclusion

Reminders:  no “I” statements

HW)  draft for use in Friday's class

C and D period 5/12, due 5/14

comparing Zefferelli scenes to Lurman scenes for Romeo and Juliet

• Tybalt/Mercutio duel
• Romeo and Juliet's death

HW)  What does the different version of the duel and the death scene tell you about the director's intentions?  What emotions are stronger?  What aspects of the scenes are set aside?

G and H 5/11, due 5/13

Agenda

Sentence forms:

write a sentence about Romeo and Juliet, similar in style to the one below

from "The Falls"*

by George Saunders
The school sat among maples on a hillside that sloped down to the wide Taganac River, which narrowed and picked up speed and crashed over Bryce Falls a mile downstream near Morse's small rental house, his embarrassingly small rental house, actually, which nevertheless was the best he could do and for which he knew he should be grateful although at times he wasn't a bit grateful and wondered where he'd gone wrong, although at other times he was quite pleased with the crooked little blue shack covered with peeling lead paint and felt great pity for the poor stiffs renting hazardous shacks even smaller than his hazardous shack, which was how he felt now as he came down into the bright sunlight and continued his pleasant walk home along the green river lined with expensive mansions whose owners he deeply resented.

comparing Zefferelli scenes to Lurman scenes for Romeo and Juliet

• Tybalt/Mercutio duel
• Romeo and Juliet's death

HW)  What does the different version of the duel and the death scene tell you about the director's intentions?  What emotions are stronger?  What aspects of the scenes are set aside?

5/11 E period, HW due 5/13

Act 1

Lady Macbeth & Macbeth

Student could reenact this and then discuss and or write about the following themes.

Section: ( 1.7)

Themes:  ambitious, Manliness, power

At the conclusion why is Macbeth determined to commit murder.  What role does Lady Macbeth play in bringing this about?  Look closely at lines 34-95.  How does Lady Macbeth persuade Macbeth to kill Duncan?

Act 5

Lady Macbeth, doctor Gentlewoman

Section: (5.1)

Reenact this and then discuss what is happening and how how Lady Macbeth is changing.  Why is she so troubled?  How has she changed since the beginning of the play? What role does ambition play now?

Act 2

Macbeth

Section(2.1.44-74)

Act out the scene with and without a dagger. What effect does the dagger seem to have on Macbeth?

view PBS version of witches scene

HW

evaluate director's choices in witches scene 

B period 5/8, hw due 5/12

Agenda

1.    Reader Theater and Close reading of "Spot" scene Act V, 1 (pp. 69-71)
2.    Reader Theater and Close reading of Macbeth's 3 prophecies recalled scene Act V, 3 (pp. 72-75)
3.     Reader Theater and Close reading of Macbeth's "tomorrow" scene through to his defeat at the hands of MacDuff  Act V, scene 5 (pp 76-78) and Act V, scene 8 (pp 80-81)
HW)  Contrast the beliefs and actions of MacDuff with those of MacBeth

C and D 5/8, HW due 5/12

1.    Read and interpret the following passages.  Consider what the images of light and darkness represent:
II, 2, 2-10

III, 2, 1-10

2.  Discuss light and dark imagery

3.  Read Shakespeare play version of ending:  compare/contrast with movie
HW)  Answer these questions with 1 page of excellent writing
A)  What point do you think Shakespeare wanted to make by having Paris and Lady Montague also die in Act V?
B)  Do you think it is true to human nature that, with the deaths of their children, Capulet and Montague end the feud?  Why or Why not? (Orange text 633)

G and H 5/7, hw due 5/11

Agenda 

1.    Read and interpret the following passages.  Consider what the images of light and darkness represent:
II, 2, 2-10
II, 2, 15-32
III, 2, 1-10
III, 2, 17-25
2.  Discuss light and dark imagery
3.  Watch remainder of Baz Lurman version of the play.
4   Read Shakespeare play version of ending:  compare/contrast with movie
HW)  Answer these questions with 1 page of excellent writing
A)  What point do you think Shakespeare wanted to make by having Paris and Lady Montague also die in Act V?
B)  Do you think it is true to human nature that, with the deaths of their children, Capulet and Montague end the feud?  Why or Why not? (Orange text 633)

MacBeth evidence of despair

Macbeth "...our fears in Banquo stick deep . . .There is none but he whose being I do fear" (III, 1).
-----------
Murder "Fleance (Banquo's son) is 'caped."
Macbeth "Then comes my fit again: . . .I am bound in to saucy doubts and fears" (III, iv)

_____________________
MacBeth
to Banquo's ghost:
"Avaunt! and quit my sight! let the earth hide thee!/Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold;/Thou hast no speculation in those eyes/Which thou dost glare with" (III, iv)

____________________

IV, i  the second witches scene

____________________

Lady Macbeth
"Out, damned spot, I say!" ( V, i)

"To bed, to bed; there's knocking at the gate:  come, come, come, give me your hand: what's done cannot be undone: to bed, to bed, to bed." (V, i)

_________________

Seyton
"The queen, my lord, is dead."

Macbeth
"She should have died hereafter . . .Life's but a walking shadow,  . . .signifying nothing" (V, v)

E period 5/7, HW due 5/11

Agenda

1.  Interpret Key passages from MacBeth
2.  Watch movie to end
3.   Derive evidence from text to support answer to HW question
4.    Begin writing HW answer
Hw)

Answer the following question with 1 page of writing and at least one integrated quote

What does Shakespeare do to show the inner torment on Lady MacBeth and King MacBeth because of all the crimes that they have committed? 

B period 5/6, hw due 5/8

Agenda

1.  Discuss Macbeth up to King Duncan's death
2.  Watch Macbeth movie till final scenes
HW)  read Macbeth Act V (pages 69-82)
Answer the following question with 1 page of writing and at least one integrated quote

What does Shakespeare do to show the inner torment on Lady MacBeth and King MacBeth because of all the crimes that they have committed?

C and D 5/6, hw due 5/8

Agenda

1. Review Romeo and Juliet early stages.
   Discuss what makes for poor decision making
   View remainder of the film

HW)  Read Acts IV and V
Answer the following question in 2 paragraphs with a minimum of 2 integrated quotes

 As an adult giving advice to two teenagers, how does Friar Laurence bear some responsibility for their lives?  What were some of the problems with his plan?  How could he have helped execute the plan more effectively?

G and H period 5/5/15, hw due 5/7

Agenda

Review Romeo and Juliet early stages.
Discuss what makes for poor decision making
View remainder of the film
HW)  Read Acts IV and V
Answer the following question in 2 paragraphs with a minimum of 2 integrated quotes

 As an adult giving advice to two teenagers, how does Friar Laurence bear some responsibility for their lives?  What were some of the problems with his plan?  How could he have helped execute the plan more effectively?

E period 5/5, HW due 5/7

Agenda

1.  Discuss Macbeth up to King Duncan's death
2.  Watch Macbeth movie till final scenes
HW)  read Macbeth Act V (pages 69-82)
Answer the following question with 1 page of writing and at least one integrated quote

G and H 5/1, hw due Cinco de Mayo

Agenda

1. Pairs translation
Romeo I, 4, 105-113
Romeo I, 5, 45-53
R and J, I, 5, 94-107
R and J, II, 2, 33-60
2.  Watch Baz Lurman version of Romeo and Juliet Acts, I-III
Hw)  Read R and J, Acts I, II, III

E period 5/1, hw due 5/5

Agenda

1.  translate Lady MacBeth passage
2.  Watch and discuss Act II
3.  translate MacBeth's dagger speech
4.  Watch and discuss Patrick Stewart's Macbeth
HW)  Read Act III of MacBeth