Monday, April 27, 2009

Lady Macbeth: Monster or Not??

Lady Macbeth is sometimes regarded as a monster, ruthlessly ambitious and fiendishly cruel. In an essay, analyze her character as it is revealed through her words, actions, and relationship with her husband. Use these actions and words to create her physical image as well


Will count for a term 5 test grade.

Directions:
For this assignment, you will be working in groups of 2 or three (or if you prefer, you can work by yourself).
You are going to create a written analysis of Lady Macbeth’s character using the text, but also creating an image based off of her thoughts, words, actions, analyzed in your essay.
If you are working with a partner or in a group of three: you must assign roles, evenly, and each person is responsible for part of the whole. Since I am letting you choose your groups for the essay, if one part is not complete, the group will suffer all together. You are not going to get an individual grade. Assign roles so that the work is even.

Roles:
Creating the introductory paragraph: :__________________________
Creating a thesis statement:__________________________
Finding evidence: :__________________________
Analyzing the evidence so that it supports the thesis: __________________________
Writing the conclusion:__________________________
Creating the work cited page: _____________________________
Typing/uploading to turnitin.com: :__________________________
You have to submit a written MLA formatted essay to turnitin. No hard copy. This MUST be submitted online for a grade.
You have to create a visual. What does she look like? Use your analysis to create this image. This is something that everyone in the group should do together.
Submit this paper with assigned roles along with your visual. You will be graded on the following rubric:



Visual Requirements: ______/50 points
____ (10)You must create an image of Lady Macbeth using pictures/symbols. You must have an entire body in action.
____(20)This visual must be a representation of the essay and your citations. Each part of her body must represent something about her character mentioned in the essay.
____(10)You must have THREE words (not necessarily adjectives) on your visual that explain something about her personality and relate to your thesis.
____(10) Should be in color, creative, indicative of effort. Your visual should not be bigger than TWO pieces of white computer paper.


Written component: _____/50 points
_____(10)MLA format, work cited page, proper citation
_____(10)Includes at least 3 specific citations, analysis and a connection to the thesis.
_____(10) you must explain how your visual components represent and relate to your citations so and create an entire image of Lady Macbeth
_____(10)An introductory paragraph with a hook/ a conclusion
_____(10) Has a strong thesis statement; is a well written and cohesive essay.