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Your Macbeth exam is on Wednesday. The rubric for the Macbeth creative project follows (20 points each):
  • Rationale - a 250 word report on your project, including what you did and why
  • Accuracy - adherence to the play and correctness of the report
  • Creativity - use of medium to convey the action/message of the scene
  • Aesthetics - including the presentation and accessibility of the material
  • Presentation - introducing, explaining and presenting your project to the class
The Macbeth project is due on Friday, December 2nd. The goal of the project is to present a creative representation related to some aspect of the play, author or Renaissance theater. If a video project, then each group member must be an active participant in the process, and the video should be between five and ten minutes long (usually a scene). Visual art projects should be presented in a manner that allows for display.

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