ACT 4

• witches prediction
• Macbeth visits them
• none of woman born shall harm Macbeth?
• Macduff fled to England

Act 3 MACBETH NOTES

• Banquo suspicious of Macbeth
• Macbeth hires murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance
• Nightmares? trouble sleeping?
• Mentions plans to Lady Macbeth
• Banquo dies, Fleance flees.
• Banquo's ghost appears.
• Macbeth is shaken up by it
• Lady Macbeth covers up his behavior and lies to guests.
• Macbeth wants to visit witches again
• New witch. 

ACT 2 MACBETH NOTES

• Fleance is Banquo's son.
• Macbeth sees a dagger? going insane? Foreshadowing? Sign to kill king?
• guilty conscience
• Macbeth can carry out murder; they are asleep
• Lady Macbeth says she's unable to kill Duncan
• Macbeth brings back daggers that are supposed to be used to frame
• unnatural disturbances
• lady Macbeth faints.

WHAT ABOUT MY MASTERPIECE

Around this time I have still doodled some things using Sai paint tool and Photoshop. I've done mostly side projects and small drawings that compile up to my entire project.

LOVE IS BLIND

explain the difference in the way Macbeth sees Lady Macbeth and how the audience sees Lady Macbeth.

Macbeth ultimately see his wife trying to do all these things for him like assist him in becoming king because she's his wife. Clearly she wants the best for him right? WRONG. The audience sees her as a horrible woman who's manipulative in order to get what she wants even if its using her own husband for her own doing.

MacBeth Resources!

1. http://www.gradesaver.com/macbeth/study-guide/

2. Tons of great tools in here and analysis of speeches and such.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbeth/macbethresources.html

3. Plain English easy to understand.
NO SWEAT SHAKESPEARE.
http://www.sd43.bc.ca/secondary/gleneagle/Parents/LearningLab/Shakespeare%20Resources/Macbeth/Macbeth%20in%20Plain%20English.pdf.pdf

http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/plays/modern-macbeth/

is linked to 3~ ^

Resource of the day #5

This lady does such beautiful pieces, her imagination and color scheme just amazing. Its typically the purple-ish colors with pinks and/or blues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vB4OZJLNtc


Just one of her pictures.. :o

Resource of the day #4

again, that feel good type of music. ♥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjiEaSInikE

Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing.

Art related portion; simply beautiful!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWKcQ4MUEiY

Resource of the day #3

Her beautiful artwork and just the colors. Would be cool to get some tips from her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcM4QHo1Z_8

But her speed painting will do ♥

Resource of the day #2

Watercolor Painting. What better way to learn that to watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYFdrIsqFDw

Resource of the day #1

Music for my draw feel good-vibeee!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHk5SWVO4p8


Also a tutorial on mouths and lips~
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgUBPfvN_G0

THIS IS ONLY A TEST

I was distracted a lot during my masterpiece work. I was drawing nearly everyday. But when I wasn't I was participating In multi-editor projects,  editing random things for fun and attempting to animate still images. Side things that required collaboration, imagination and art! ♥

What's a soul mate? Just a random video.. Then practicing still images for the first time.

Masterpiece Essay;

To return to my subject, there is nothing like alluring the appetite and affections; otherwise you make nothing but so many asses laden with books; by dint of the lash, you give them their pocketful of learning to keep; whereas, to do well you should not only lodge it with them, but make them espouse it. (1580)
The word espouse originally meant "to marry" and took on connotations like "embrace," "love," and "advocate."  Have you espoused learning?  Explain your growth in this course via a narrative that portrays you as the dynamic protagonist in your own bildungsroman.  Please include the following elements.



 ELEMENT 2: Fiction has been called "the lie that tells the truth."  Which works, authors, or characters rang true enough to make you feel like they described parts of you and/or your journey? (Please mention at least three.  It makes them sad when we forget them.)


 ELEMENT 4: [Something about literature or this course that made you laugh out loud.]

ELEMENT 5: [A unifying theme that runs through a minimum of five (5) presentations; a quality of the content, or the speakers, or their communication techniques that strikes you as something important that we have in common.]  Please illustrate/support your point with specific examples from the presentations.

ELEMENT 6: Evaluate whether you completed the hero's journey.  Are you a hero?  To what extent did you respond to the call of adventure?  Did you find a mentor, conquer a challenge, and return enlightened?A hero's journey is a quest. A quest is

a long or arduous search for something. During the masterpiece process we all were on a quest to find something of value and that we enjoyed. This thing of value was our passion and outside the norm of school curriculum. I responded to my quest in finding value in the thing I adore, art. I went beyond the traditional art form of pencil and paper, moved into paints, computer animation, and video editing without intentionally doing so. For a mentor I had my peers who are also interested in several types of art such as graphic drawing, and painting.

I am a strong advocate for anything art-related, videos, animation, typography or simply picking up a pen and paper. Why am I an advocate for anything art-related? When an AVID learner within any type of setting such as a classroom, art studio or a kitchen has the freedom to choose their own curriculum, so the specific individual finds value in what they are learning the outcome is bound to be unbelievable. Trust is a must when freedom is given. All the classes combined earned, and deserved this freedom. By following OTHER people's curriculum for years and years, the class has earned the trust that comes with this freedom. The display of masterpieces that involve going out and actually putting their words into actions demonstrates how every individual honored it. Art helps enhance the learning experience in a creative way that allows the individual to check their improvement over time.

Along the process of discovering "What am I passionate about?" the obvious option came up, drawing. I've always doodled during the school days in my notebooks, but not too often when I sat down seriously, and attempted to finish a bigger piece. My showcasing of art allowed me to recreate some of the more serious projects while I got to reconnect and dabble in some animation, and video editing. The learning is constant with drawing, simply watching a video of another artist doing a neat trick and mimicking it can improve my own skills. The process over learning to edit and animate will only halt if I stop opening the software. Where as the drawing will be constant, I am always bored, pen and paper are always at easy access.

Marisol.

Who Am I?

SUPER 5!

My experts would have to be some of my friends who also are extremely good at art. I like certain things that each one of them does.

-Bianca
- Ashley
- Miki
- My dad
- My mother

Look Inside My Brain

describe how your masterpiece and/or work in general reflects your inner thinking and capability for creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration.

My masterpiece involved free hand drawing and painting using acrylics. It demonstrates how my mind works through the way I learn, how I comprehend things on a deeper level,  and how I connect words/thoughts into pictures to benefit myself. My imagination and creativity are easily to be expressed through images, using color, the idea itself that is demonstrated in the picture. My capability for creativity is endless since anything can be created using a blank canvas. Collaboration can be done through art using techniques from watching other painters on youtube or simply asking my friends who also enjoy art.

MEET MACBETH.

Through the use of indirect characterization, Macbeth is described as a brutal killer who slices off heads. The witches predict about the fortune of Macbeth and his cousin. They say Macbeth will be a king and his cousin, Banquo's children will be children. The witches prediction pretty much lead us to the ending of the play. Shakespeare uses the witches as an exposition, they help introduce characters that are not formally "introduced" to the story, but the audience is aware. The foreshadowing leads the audience to the conclusion, but how Macbeth gets there isn't revealed, and what happens beyond coming king.

Literature Analysis #6 I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS

1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read according to the elements of plot you've learned in past courses (exposition, inciting incident, etc.).  Explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of same).

The story introduces a girl nicknamed Maya, who already sets up the difference between whites and blacks when she wishes she wasn't "a big ugly black girl" and would rather be a blonde white woman. Her parents move her along with Bailey her brother to the town stamps where they meet Ms. Henderson, whom they start to call Momma.  Maya says her brother is her exact opposite, graceful, attractive etc. Momma is a character who is respected well in the community despite being a black woman. Maya has always been conservative, would rather curl up reading a book, but aware of the social standings within stamps. Maya and Bailey get shifted around to their mothers home, whom Bailey adores. It is during this time Maya is molested and raped by Mr. Freeman, Vivian's boyfriend. He threatens to kill bailey if she tells. Maya was confused and didn't understand. Eventually Mr. Freeman is killed by being beat to death and Maya feels like she condemned him for lying about there being no other incidents. Bailey and Maya drift apart as he tries to be like vivian's taste. She goes moved back to stamps, then with her father then back to stamps, and back to Vivian.

The story is an autobiography, so I think her purpose is to let her story be known to other not only for her audience's benefit to serve as an inspiration through tough times but also to help her vent what has went on in her life.

 2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.
The story is a lot of racism, when Maya first wished to not be a black ugly woman but a blonde white woman. The whites were treated better. Losing of innocence occurred in the story as well. Maya was aware of the line between whites and blacks from a young age. As well as her incident with Mr. Freeman, which she had no clue was going on at the time, demonstrates her innocence.

 3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
Maya's tone is very personal and open throughout it, sharing her most personal experiences right from the start of the book. Within the 3rd page, "I ran, peeing and crying, not toward the toilet but back to our house." Pg. 3 " He threw me on the blankets and his "thing" stood up like a brown ear of corn. He took my hand and said "feel it."" pg 73. This was so personal, to the point I felt uncomfortable reading the part about Mr. Freeman raping and molesting her.

 4. Describe a minimum of ten literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the author's purpose, the text's theme and/or your sense of the tone. For each, please include textual support to help illustrate the point for your readers. (Please include edition and page numbers for easy reference.)

CHARACTERIZATION
1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization.  Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?
The author uses both indirect and direct
"The age-faded color made my skin look dirty like mud, and everyone in church was looking at my skinny legs." pg. 2
 
2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character?  How?  Example(s)?
 
3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic?  Flat or round?  Explain.
Maya could be considered both static and dynamic to me. I feel as if she's always noticed the things around her being not right, but not until later she doesn't know why. So with that respect for always noticing, she's static but when she ends up finding out why and what's truly going on with the racism, the changes in Bailey, she's a dynamic protagonist. Maya is a round character because she undergoes some development, and she had a fully developed personality with flaws and strengths.
 
4. After reading the book did you come away feeling like you'd met a person or read a character?  Analyze one textual example that illustrates your reaction.
I feel like I met a character. The character had struggles like everyone else does, as well as insecurities about her own physical appearance like many teenage girls do. I could relate to that, which established a connection with me early on the book. She has her flaws of not being much of a social person, but also was able to be an AVID reader due to this.

IS THERE AN EXPERT IN THE HOUSE?

For my project, the experts would be some of my friends for the art part such as Miki, and Ashley. They would be capable of drawing tips, assisting with the art, or assisting with the details of faces, objects, hair and etc.

Other experts would be everyone in the senior class! who else better to help me with reflecting on their senior experiences than individuals who are currently in their most difficult, and memorable times! Asking senior to reflect on their senior year so far, some expectations they had for it and why it has been memorable. Anyone who has experienced senior year is able to assist me!

Themes in literature.. Well pretty much EVERYONE. Dr. Preston could assist me with some of the themes involved in novels or other things that apply to life in books read but not easily found. But just about every student find th