Objective: Students will be able to evaluate Lady Macbeth's soliloquy in order to make inferences about her feelings toward Macbeth and make predictions about what she may do to drive the plot forward. Students will be able to evaluate Lady Macbeth's faulty reasoning in order to determine if it is effective in convincing Macbeth to kill Duncan.
Do-Now: Exit Slip from Tuesday
Today: 1) Review Exit Slips
2) Watch Act 1, Scenes 1-6 of "Macbeth"
3) Note-taking: 4 Types of Faulty Reasoning
Begging
the Question: when the speaker claims the conclusion he is trying to prove is true, but provides no evidence to support the conclusion
Example: "This stuff really works!"
Attacking the Person: when the speaker insults the person he is trying to convince, rather than providing evidence
Example: "You're too afraid to try it because you're a baby."
Either-or Reasoning: when the speaker makes it appear that there are only two possible choices in a situation, one of them usually negative
Example: "Either you try this stuff, or everyone is going to make fun of you."
Hasty Generalization: when the speaker draws conclusions without any evidence to back up his assumptions
Example: "This stuff is going to work for you because it worked for everyone else."
4) Read Act 1, Scene 7 of "Macbeth," completing the graphic organizer for Lady Macbeth's persuasive techniques.
To read Act 1, Scene 7 of "Macbeth" CLICK HERE.
Exit Slip: Do
you believe Lady Macbeth’s arguments were effective in persuading Macbeth to
kill Duncan? Explain why or why not
citing evidence from the play.
Homework: American Dream Project Due Monday, December 23!!!
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