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Session 64

2026-10-01 · 2026-W40 ✓ reviewed

What happened

Continuation of the extra Macbeth work at her request, 12:07-12:15 (8 minutes), no block. No duration is entered on this record on purpose: session 63's 20-minute field already equals the true total for 11:55-12:15, so the day's hours stay right. Act 1 Scene 3 carried on: with a one-line setup she read alone from Banquo's 'Good sir, why do you start' to 'Banquo and Macbeth, all hail!' (about 18 lines) and gave the prophecy to Banquo correctly (father to a king but not one himself; 'farther', lower-case 'banquo'). Plot recall from the morning, about 80 minutes on: Macbeth murders Banquo, 1/1; the link between the prophecy and the murder was then made by the tutor. Told, not read: the witches vanish and the lords bring the Cawdor news. On Banquo's 'devil' line: who is meant and what has come true, 2/2; then, with no frame, a full because-sentence that Banquo does not trust the witches, using the word 'devil' as evidence. Scene 3 quote chosen and copied by her: 'What can the devil speak true?' (comma after 'What' dropped). 6 items set, 6 attempted, 0 blank. Two-line close written. She kept her own count of the time and was right each time; the tutor was not. Unread in Scene 3: the witches' opening, the lords' speeches, Macbeth's asides and the end of the scene. Scene 2 still not read whole.

Planned next

FIRST (next set-text block): finish Act 1 Scene 3 - Macbeth's reaction to the Cawdor news and the scene's end - in chunks of 12-18 lines, each with a one-line setup and one concrete question; three lines paraphrased with the book's side notes only before any word meanings. Ask first whether the listen-along of Act 1 Sc 1-3 happened. Starter, no notes, 4 items: spell street, eerie, connected, father; the witches' three titles for Macbeth; what they promise Banquo; the plot in three sentences. Then one open question, a full minute: why Shakespeare opens with a storm and witches. Ask back her three quotes (ere the set of sun; brave Macbeth; can the devil speak true). Check the clock before calling time. STILL OPEN from 29 Sep for the next poem block: My Last Duchess read, her three plan lines alone, the 8-minute unaided paragraph, the London context teach.

What this session changed

TopicNameChangeEvidence recorded
S1.1Developing → DevelopingAct 1 Sc 3: about 18 more lines read alone with a one-line setup (Banquo's question to 'Banquo and Macbeth, all hail!'); prophecy to Banquo stated correctly, 1/1. 'Devil' line: who is meant and what has come true, 2/2. Quote for Scene 3 chosen and copied by her. About 31 lines of the scene now read alone in two chunks.
S1.2Gap → GapOne plot beat recalled unaided about 80 minutes after the plot paragraph was taught: 'he murders Banquo', 1/1. One item only, same day - below the two unaided items the developing bar needs; stays gap.
S4.4Not started → Gapopened - taught only. Asked whether Banquo trusts the witches and which word shows it, she wrote unframed: 'Banquo does not trust the witches because he calls them the devil.' 1/1 on a guided yes/no-plus-word question. The Banquo/Macbeth contrast was then stated by the tutor. No unaided item: notstarted to gap under the touched-means-moved rule.
K6.1Gap → GapTyped slips: 'farther' for father, lower-case 'banquo', comma after 'What' dropped in the copied quotation. 'Thane of Cawdor', 'Macbeth', 'witches' all correct this time (witches was 'wtches' at 11:15).