What Would You Do?

Considering the events from Macbeth Act One so far picture yourself as Macbeth. Your wife wants you to fulfill the prophesy of the three witches, but you are a little hesitant. What would you do and why? Write a PARAGRAPH (5+ sentences: Topic Sentence, Thoughts, Reasoning, Concluding Statement). Post a comment to this post to respond.

Bravery

Today in 1.3 we looked at bravery. What are the qualities of bravery? How do you define bravery? Respond to this post with a well written paragraph.

Chance, Choice, and Tragedy

Please find a fairly recent article (within the past year) that describes a tragedy that a person or group of people have faced.

First, please offer a brief summary of your article (3-5 sentences).

Second, comment on whether or not you think this person had control over this tragedy--did this happen by choice or by chance? Explain your thinking.

Third, please read over the comments on this post and respond to the following question:
Which is the greater tragedy--one that happens because of a bad choice, or the one that happens by random chance? Explain your thinking.

Add your thoughts by adding a comment to this post.

Sentence Variety Exercise

Leave a comment in which you write this sentence with as many sentence openings as you can -
YOU CANNOT ADD OR SUBTRACT ANY WORDS. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE AT LEAST FIVE DIFFERENT SENTENCES WITH DIFFERENT OPENINGS BY SIMPLY REARRANGING:

He was quickly and happily crossing the street eating a hamburger
when the bus came out of nowhere and ran over him.