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Hummel 1

ENGL 106: Writing Your Way Into Purdue


Week 6 Lesson Plans
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Monday, 2/16
Goals
Review claim and finish Reverse
Outline activity from last week
Generate criteria/checklist for students
to use when watching the play

Objectives
Students will be able to conceptualize
the play as a specific rhetorical
situation
Students will generate criteria in order
to evaluate plays rhetorical choices

1) Reverse OutlineJuno or The Help


Large group: define claimopinion and evaluation of criteria
Small group: complete Reverse Outlines for both essays
Go over Discussion Questions
2) Explain Review Assignment in full
3) Generating criteria for a review of a playdraft worksheet as a class
Rhetorical situation of a playwhat should we look for on Friday?
o Genre/conventionswhat are the expectations? (Review definitions and establish
expectations based on what we know so far. Return to this list in post-play
discussion)
Lighting
Sound
Set design
Blocking
Props
Costumes
o Contextwhat do we need to know about Macbeth before attending the play?
How will conference presentations work to assist this?
o Audience
o Stance
How does your POV/background influence your opinion?
Announcing your stance to your readers: As an engineering student, I
thought
Know your biaseswrite them down now!
o Purposewhat effect do you want your review to have on your readers?
o Tone/Dictionpractice at the end of class
Tuesday, 2/17
Students will come in groups of 5 for 25-minute conferences
Each student will present a 5-minute presentation on a character profile for Macbeth in
preparation for viewing the play on Friday night.

Hummel 2
Wednesday, 2/18
Goals
Discuss relevance of Shakespeare for
modern students
Examine modern interpretations of
Shakespeare plays

Objectives
Students will be able to debate the
advantages/disadvantages of studying
Shakespeare in the 21st century

1) Finish drafting criteria for play


If not enough time on Monday, draft checklist for what to look for in play on Friday
Make into chartupload to website/email
2) Shakespeare Debate
Agenda buildingStudents need to bring comments/ questions about the reading
Quick-write: Why do we still care about Shakespeare? Is there anything worthwhile
about studying Shakespeare, or is it a complete waste of time?
o Volunteers to share responses
Debate: Divide students according to responses
o Agree, Disagree, Qualify
o In your group, come up with reasons to support your claim re: relevance of
Shakespeare (or classic/old literature in general)
What kind of research would you need to do to further support your
claims?
Thursday, 2/19
Students will come in groups of 5 for 25-minute conferences
Each student will present a 5-minute presentation on a character profile for Macbeth in
preparation for viewing the play on Friday night.
Friday, 2/20
Class Cancelled in lieu of Macbeth. Play at 7:30 pm

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