Blog Post 12 - IOC Practice

 Act 5 Scene 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakspeare


This is an excerpt from The Tragedy of Macbeth when Lady Macbeth was sleepwalking when the Gentlewoman and Doctor found her. Enjoy my commentary on the famous out damned spot passage!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jwcXOBOI1ivWFbHAi27TJrRYp3cffI7B

Personal Scoring:
A: Knowledge & Understanding of Text
7 - I referenced the context not only of the text as a whole but also where this excerpt was placed within the text and how this was a result of past events and how it foreshadowed/impacted future events in the play. However, I could have potentially chosen better quotes for my analysis since the ones that I chose all had similar topics and were not very diverse.

B: Understanding of Literary Features
7 - I referenced 2 literary devices used within the text, each with 3 quotes to back up how they were significant not only to the theme but also to the audience and how they were able to help the audience's understanding of the text and how it related to the theme of insanity. However I may have been able to pull out more elements to discuss and more about the audience if I had more time to plan!

C: Organization
4 - I think it was well structured and made sense how I structured it, but at times it does sound like I may have been listing off quotes and examples rather than making it flow as well as I could have.

D: Language
4 - Honestly I don't really know, I think it was alright when it comes to this criteria but I do stutter some within the commentary and I doubt my grammar was perfect. I tried to keep it appropriate to the task but I'm not 100% sure how highly of a register that is supposed to be.

Overall: 22/30
 - Some room for improvement definitely but listening to myself I did better than I thought I would and was able to talk for the right amount of time!



Works Consulted

Shakespeare, William, and Sylvan Barnet. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Signet Classic, 1987.

Comments

  1. UnknownMarch 6, 2018 at 12:14 PM

    niiiice. you're such a good IOCer. i think that a main reason you sounded so prepared for your practice oral commentary is due to your evident preparation. You did a great job annotating your passage and i love the different colors.. very pleasing to the eye. Your organized layout on the back, splitting your arguments into paragraphs is very smart. For the most part I would agree with your self-scoring and it was easy to follow your reasoning because you provided justifications for why:)

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  2. Sydney HorwitzMarch 9, 2018 at 5:32 AM

    You did awesome. Your outline is really in-depth and I know you took the time to really look at and analyze the passage at hand. I agree with the scores you gave yourself. I can definitely look at your practice as something I can learn from.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 11, 2018 at 3:59 PM

    I agree with Taylor and Sydney that you did a great job in your preparation. I really like how you organized your plan sheet because it is clear and detailed. It was evident that your plan helped a lot because you knew what you were trying to say throughout your whole argument. I would have given you a higher score for criterion C because the organization made sense to me and your quotes fit well with what you were discussing. Nice job!

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  4. AnonymousMarch 11, 2018 at 4:47 PM

    Really nice job Christina! I think that you did an amazing job with your preparation which really helped you in your commentary. I think I can definitely take some tips from your preparation, like how you used different colors and organized your points. Also, you did a great job remembering to comment on the impact on the audience. I think that your two points, diction and symbolism, where great and backed up with well chosen evidence, I think you just need to go a little bit deeper with that. Overall, your IOC was super nice!

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  5. Jonathan UnderkofflerMarch 11, 2018 at 8:53 PM

    Great Work! It was evident from your immense amount of planning that you were going to have a great IOC. You did a great job analyzing everything on the passage itself, and created a great outline. You also provided great commentary on the effects on the audience with strong connections to the text to support all of your points.

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  6. Lauren GeneskyMarch 18, 2018 at 9:56 AM

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  7. Lauren GeneskyMarch 18, 2018 at 9:57 AM

    Hey!

    A: 5
    B: 5
    C: 3
    D: 4

    You sound calm and organized. Need a bit more introduction here; what can you provide as far as background? You really just jump into analyzing what you notice in the passage and it's not linked together. I think you've got a great use of devices here, but keep linking back to the overall purpose of the passage. That's really the effect. Keep thinking...why is Shakespeare doing what he's doing in the passage? How do you know? I also think you have clear organization in your planning, but thinking about the two questions I mention will help keep it more organized orally. As far as analysis/devices- use the big 5: https://www.thinkib.net/englishalanglit/page/11116/the-big-5
    Be sure to review the materials provided in class!

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