Shakespeare Macbeth

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Shakespeare: Macbeth

Today

Macbeth the story

Warm up

Macbeth performance assignment

Lesson aims

Subject: I can understand the basic story of Macbeth

Personal: I can think of stories relating to the themes of Macbeth

Interpersonal: I work effectively in a group

Interpersonal: relating to relationships and communication between people

Today

• Take (another) close look at the work of Shakespeare through the play of Macbeth.
  (practising language skills, video, discussion)
  
• Start the assignment of this week
  ' Betrayal vs Loyalty scene'

Macbeth

What do you already know about Macbeth?

https:

Write these in the correct order

Macbeth murders King Duncan

Lady Macbeth plans King Duncan's murder

Lady Macbeth goes mad with guilt and kills herself

Macbeth gets killed in the battle

The witches tell Macbeth he is the future king

An army from England comes for Macbeth

Macbeth gets promoted

Write these in the correct order

The witches tell Macbeth he is the future king

Macbeth gets promoted

Lady Macbeth plans King Duncan's murder

Macbeth murders King Duncan

Lady Macbeth goes mad with guilt and kills herself

An army from England comes for Macbeth

Macbeth gets killed in the battle

Shakesperean English
Can you match Lady Macbeth's lines (1-5) with their translation into modern English (a-e)?

1. He has almost supped  

2. Art thou afeared to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire?  

3. When you durst do it then you were a man  

4. But screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail.   

5. When Duncan is asleep his two chamberlains will I with wine and wassail so            

    convince that memory, the warder of the brain will be a fume.  

a. Are you too scared to go and get what you really want?   

b. When Duncan is asleep I’ll get his two servants so drunk that they won’t remember a   

    thing the next day.   

c. He has almost finished dinner.   

d. You were manly when you were brave enough to do it.   

e. Set your mind on what you want to do and we’ll not fail.

1c 2a 3d 4e 5b

Discuss 

Do you think similar events to those in the play Macbeth could take place today? What would be different? Are the themes in Macbeth still relevant in modern times?
We are going to take a closer look at two themes...

Loyalty (trouw) and betrayal (verraad)

Loyalty and betrayal are important themes in most of the scenes in Macbeth.  
We picked a few examples.

Beginning of the play:

• Loyal to the King and the country (Macbeth --> King/Scotland)
• Loyal towards a friend (Banquo --> Macbeth)
• Loyal to a husband/wife (Macbeth <--> Lady Macbeth)

Throughout the play:

• Betrayal to the King and country (Macbeth kills King)
• Betrayal towards a friend (Macbeth had Banquo killed by assasins)
• Betrayal towards a husband/wife (Macbeth commits the crimes behind her back)
  

Loyal to the King and the country: at the beginning of the play, Macbeth is loyal to King Duncan. He supports the King and defends Scotland to opposing armies.

Loyal to a friend: Banquo was very loyal to Macbeth, in the first parts of the play up until his death. Even when he suspected Macbeth wanted to kill the king.

Loyal to husband/wife: Macbeth (in the beginning) is loyal to Lady Macbeth because he listens to her and everything she tells him to do. Lady Macbeth showed that she was supportive to Macbeth and encouraged him to kill Duncan in order to clear all obstacles that would get in the way of Macbeth becoming King. They were very close and loving at the beginning of the play. 

write words linked to loyalty and
betrayal on your white boards

Themes:

ambition

quilt
corruption
power (let power over morals)

betrayal

crime

violence and consequences

conflict of good and evil

loyalty

This weeks assignment


'Betrayal vs loyalty scene'

Write a scene about 
betrayal or loyalty (same groups as Romeo and Juliet).

Use the 'writing process guide' in the worksheet.  

Brainstorm

You have 10 minutes

Brainstorm ideas for your betrayal and loyalty scene

Decide on characters

Finished? Start writing your script

Lesson aims

Subject: I can understand the basic story of Macbeth

Personal: I can think of stories relating to the themes of Macbeth

Interpersonal: I work effectively in a group

Interpersonal: relating to relationships and communication between people

Shakespeare: Macbeth

Today

Today's aims

Looking back

Time to rehearse

Perform

Reflect!

Lesson aims

Subject: I can understand the Macbeth assignment

Personal: I can use feedback and reflection to improve my performance

Interpersonal: I work effectively in a group

Interpersonal: relating to relationships and communication between people

looking back...

Looking back

Learning Target	I can improve my own reflection to help make my performance better
What	Use the Romeo and Juliet reflection assignment The reflection starters sentences The drama vocabulary worksheet
How	Read and discuss a group members reflection.
What	Rewrite using the reflection starter sentences and vocabulary
Time	10 minutes
Done?	Use the reflection starters and words to write three actions for this lesson

Listening to examples

In your groups

1 person tells one of their reflection points

Is it clear enough (for the listener?)

Why is it/is it not?

Quick check

Audible:Able to be heard; loud enough to be heard.

Distracting:Something that takes your attention away and makes it hard to concentrate.

Breaking Character:When an actor stops behaving like the character they're supposed to be and acts like themselves, usually by mistake.

Insightful:Having a deep understanding or perception; showing a clear and thoughtful understanding of a subject.

Lack: Not having something that is needed or expected; the state of being without or not having enough of something.

Use your action plan and the rubric t

Time to shine and get feedback!

Reflection assignment

Use the help worksheets

Read your action plan

Fill in the reflection assignment

What have you learned today?

The witches tell Macbeth he is the future king

Macbeth murders King Duncan

Macbeth gets promoted

Macbeth gets killed in the battle

Lady Macbeth plans King Duncan's murder

An army from England comes for Macbeth

Lady Macbeth goes mad with guilt and kills herself

Last ten minutes...

• Create  a costume for your characters
• Use sheets/hats/toy swords or other pieces of clothing to help you
• Take a picture and upload it in the teams chat with a dramatic facial expression
• Remember it's Shakespeare - boys can play girls - girls can play boys