<p> Reader Response Journals to Macbeth</p><p>You will be expected to write a typed reader response journal in response to your reading of Macbeth. The objectives of this process are multipurpose:  To gain a better understanding of the play through writing;  To evaluate the decision making skills of the main characters;  To draw on your own experiences and your reading to clarify meaning;  To reflect on how the story relates to you and your own life. You must write at least 1.5 pages typed, double spaced in response to two of the acts of this play. Everyone must have a final response to the play as a whole. You should have 3 reader response journal entries when all is said and done. (Each reader response is worth 15 points.) Late reader responses will not be accepted!</p><p>Here are several different ways to respond to the play:  Choose a passage from the play and respond to it  Cite the act, scene and line numbers for the passage. If the lines are 3 lines or less you can write them on top of the page. Otherwise use the 1.5 pages for your response.  Respond to the passage in your own words, using one of the following reader response roles listed below.  Write as much as you can, but no less than 1.5 pages typed, double spaced. You will be graded both on the depth of commentary (critical thinking) and the syntax/writing. For this particular exercise, critical thinking trumps writing. IDEAS! IDEAS! IDEAS!  Each entry should be numbered at the top after your normal MLA header: ex. Reader response 1—Act I—Palm Reader Reader Response Roles (you should use at least three of the roles in the course of this assignment):  Straight talker: Speak directly to a character and “give your two cents’ worth.” If you could stop the action at a particular point, what would you say?  Judge: Evaluate an action or a decision by a character or characters. Do you feel a wise or a poor decision has been made? Why? What decision would you prefer to have been made? Why?  Memory Keeper: Perhaps you remember a similar experience from your own life. Connect this experience to the quote that you have chosen. Describe the experience and connect it to your story.  Artist: What visual images come to your mind as you read the story? Draw your image on half the page. Use the rest of your page and a half to explain your image and how it relates to the story.  Psychologist: What motivates your character? Why has your character made the choices that he or she has made? “Analyze” both the behavior and the unconscious or conscious motivations. Due dates: Reader Response #1—Act I 11/18 Reader Response #2—Act 2 11/23 Reader Response #3—Act 3 11/29 Reader Response #4—Act 4 11/29 Reader Response #5—Act 5 12/8 Reader Response Journals to Macbeth</p><p>Reader Response #6—Final commentary on play 12/8—ALL MUST DO! </p>