Reading Log Week 5/12

Wrote my cover letter : 1 hour

Revised my writing remix : 25 minutes

Revised my cover letter : 30 minutes

Read books to my brother : 15 minutes

Total: 130 minutes

Big Ideas in Macbeth

On the first day of the unit Macbeth we had an introduction to Drama, Shakespeare, and the play itself in which we learned about the five elements of drama. key ideas about drama, background information on Shakespeare, and main ideas you will notice in the play; witchcraft, body politic, betrayal, kingship, guilt, and many more. One that I found important in the play was kingship.

Personally I feel as though kingship is very important because we start the book with the witch scene mentioning to Macbeth about becoming king, so from that moment I knew that kingship was going to be important. I did not realize how important it was until Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were planning the murder of Duncan so he can become king even sooner. 

Besides the first murder of Duncan we know that as the book progresses, Macbeth murders more people. One of which that was surprising to me was the murder of his best friend, Banquo. The reason behind this as because he was considered a threat to his power, so he had the idea to murder him and his son, Fleance. We know that this was a strange murder because Banquo's ghost haunted Macbeth after during the feast. Personally,  feel as though this murder showed me how important kingship was to the book, because a man killed his best friend thinking that he was a threat to his power as king. Knowing that a man would go that far to save his power is crazy.

Identifying an Important Quote

Quote 1:
First Witch
     All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
Second Witch
     All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
Third Witch
     All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!

I feel as though this quote is considered an important quote in Macbeth. For one, it is in the beginning of the book and on the first day we discussed this quote, so I knew it had to be important. Looking further into the quote itself, it allowed me as a reader to see the past, how Macbeth was the Thane of Glamis, and the present because he currently is the thane of Cawdor. But then, Macbeth did not know that he would be, but when he figured out, he knew that the witches were telling the truth. It also shows the future of Macbeth and what will come later in the novel, which is being king. How he achieves this, I would not know at that part of the book, but because we have read through Act 3, I know that he murdered Duncan, then got people to murder Banquo and Fleance, but Fleance escaped.

Quote 2:
Macbeth
     Come, we'll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse
     Is the initiate fear that wants hard use.
     We are yet but young in deed.

This quote, again not only did we discuss in class, but I feel as though I could elaborate more. As we know, right before this Banquo was murdered, and Macbeth was visited by his ghost. He says these lines to Lady Macbeth right before going to sleep. We talked in class about how this translated into modern language saying that these hallucinations are just because he is not used to murdering people, and we must kill more for these feelings to go away. We are not experienced killers, so I am having these feelings. Just as my other quote for shadowed the future, I feel as this one does as well. Because Macbeth is telling his wife, we need to kill more people, I feel as though they will but we do not know who.

Reading Log 5/5

This past week I have spent time mostly working on my Portfolio.

Finishing gore performance packet: 5 minutes

Working on Writing Remix : 1 hr 15 min

Writing "Writing Remix" Analysis : 20 minutes

Working on Hits and Misses : 20 minutes

Pre-planning for my Cover Letter (Reading Norton/going through comments) : 25 minutes

Total: 145 minutes

Reading Log 4/29

4/23 - Reading Delirium By: Lauren Oliver (40 minutes)
4/24 - Readng Delirium By: Lauren Oliver (35 minutes)
4/25 - Reading Delirium By: Lauren Oliver (35 minutes)
4/26- Reading Delirium By: Lauren Oliver (45 minutes)

Total: 135 minutes

*Note: All of my reading was done on the beach while tanning (:

Spring Break

During our week off of school, I was able to accomplish many of things. The first day of break, I completed all my homework, knowing that on the last day I would not want to even think of school. I completed all three projects; World History, Biology, and Geometry. Although it was hard to motivate myself to do school work after we just got off, I knew it would benefit me the last day of break while all my friends are doing homework, I could enjoy the day. Especially since it was going to be my birthday.

During the week of break that Tuesday, my friends and I left for Seaside, Florida. We had a house where the front was the center of the little town, and the back was to the beach. It was perfect, and I never wanted to leave. Every morning we would wake up and go down to the beach, come back up to the house or to a restaurant in the center for lunch, then back down to the beach until it was dinner. I never wanted to leave the beach especially with the music playing, and reading my book while tanning, I could have stayed there the whole day. The days were so relaxing and filled with fun until the last day was among us. As we packed our bags on that Friday night retreating to wakeup and leave Saturday morning, we were all enjoying and remembering the great time we had.

As we came home Saturday afternoon, I was greeted at my house by my father, brother, and crazy dogs happy for us to be home. Sadly, I had to unpack and put up my clothes, but it didn't matter because tomorrow would be my birthday. Writing this blog today, on my birthday, I am officially a fifteen year old. Yes, I'm behind the others but I will have my friend, Audrey, to drive me during the summer. Overall, this break was amazing and I can't wait for summer.

Reading Log : 4/14

In The Shadow Of The Lamp By: Susanne Dunlap - 50 minutes (finished)
Working on Dessert for Nervous Conditions with Ellie - 40 minutes
Working on Side for Nervous Conditions - 45 minutes
Adding explanations to quotes for Entrée for Nervous Conditions - 15 minutes

Total: 150 minutes