Macbeth part 2 and 3

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MacBeth - Lady MacBeth

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

Lesson aims

I can compare and contrast characters

I can use new vocabulary from the book

Today

Hour 1: Character list

Read part 2

Macbeth/Lady Macbeth similarities/differences

Comprehension and vocab work

Hour 2 : Read part 3

Comprehension

Interview - hotseat!

Today

Hour 1: Character list

Read part 2

Macbeth/Lady Macbeth similarities/differences

Comprehension and vocab work

Hour 2 : Read part 3

Comprehension

Interview - hotseat!

Let's read part 2

enter Lady Macbeth ...

Can you explain why Lady Macbeth is more ambitious and evil than Macbeth at this stage in the play?I

Imagine you are a police profiler. 

1. What disturbing traits of character do you notice in Lady Macbeth that make her a likely killer?

2. What is her opinion of Macbeth? Is she right? Let's see.

Discuss in pairs what you think this means:

1.  Macbeth killed people who were sleeping without defence.
2. The people in the castle should sleep no more, in other words they should wake up and see the horrible thing that happened
3. Macbeth will not sleep anymore because he will feel so bad about killing the king...
4. Your idea...

Vocabulary work

Complete exercise 5 on page 24/25

Complete both parts of the assignment

Why? Extra vocabulary for the test assignment

Lesson aims

I can compare and contrast characters

I can use new vocabulary from the book

Homework

- Read part 3

- Keep listing the characters

- Make a summary of the story so far (who/what/why/where/when/how)

What is the correct order?

A  Macbeth kills the two soldiers

B Macduff and Lennox enter the castle

C Macduff finds the king dead

D Malcolm and Donalbain decide to leave the castle

E Macduff suspects Malcolm and Dunalbain of murder

F Macbeth and Lennox go to the kings room

G Macduff is angry with the porter

H Lady Macbeth falls to the floor

Correct order

B Macduff and Lennox enter the castle

G Macduff is angry with the porter

F Macbeth and Lennox go to the kings room

A Macbeth kills the two soldiers

C Macduff finds the king dead

H Lady Macbeth falls to the floor

D Malcolm and Donalbain decide to leave the castle

E Macduff suspects Malcolm and Dunalbain of murder

Macbeth went to the king's room with Lennox to

1. see if the king was dead
2. kill the two soldiers
3. catch the murderers
4. get his knife

Malcolm and Donalbain left the castle secretly because...

1. they wanted to look for their father's murderer
2. they were afraid of their father's murderer
3. they knew people would suspect them of murder
4. they wanted to look for the murder weapon

Lets do it!

Look at the questions (pg 37)

Get into groups of three

Teacher will assign roles: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth or Malcolm

Decide which questions your character could answer

Bullet point answers to these questions - 10 minutes prep time

Be prepared for the interrogation!

Homework

Write a summary of part 2+3

Complete character list

Read parts 4+5