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Macbeth Characters. Macbeth Historical Context. Macbeth flashcards. Macbeth: the graphic novel : original text version - William Shakespeare. Intro: The Curse of 'Macbeth' Intro: word frequencies Bloody Business. October 2010 Kevin Costa teaches English and Drama at McDonough School in Owings Mills, MD. Plays/Scenes CoveredThis is a pre-reading exercise for the study of Macbeth. What's On for Today and Why Students will focus on word frequencies in Macbeth to understand how Shakespeare uses a word or particular group of words in each play that form a web through which he invites his audiences to associate various meanings.

Students will then be on the look out for these words as they read the play. This lesson will take 2 x 45 min class periods. What You Need Folger edition of Macbeth Available in Folger print edition and Folger Digital Texts DVD of Folger Theatre/Two River Theatre Production of Macbeth. (2008) Internet access Paper, markers What To Do 1. 2. Stop at 5:10 when the actor playing Banquo says "Blood can be life- affirming, and it can also be death. " 3. 4. 5. 6. Denotative-explicit definition Connotative-associated meanings 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. 5.5 Anon Methought the Umbrellas Began to Move. October 2000 John Fennell, Cape Fear Academy, Wilmington, North Carolina. Plays/Scenes CoveredMacbeth 4.1, 5.4, & 5.5 What's On for Today and Why This activity involves the whole class in a simple but effective dramatization of the Third Apparition's prophecy in 4.1 regarding Birnam Wood coming to Dunsinane. The exercise employs a series of theater games that culminate in a reenactment of the moment in 5.5 when Birnam Wood approaches Dunsinane.

This lesson works very well with both middle and high school students. This lesson will take one class period. What You Need Folger edition of Macbeth Available in Folger print edition and Folger Digital Texts Umbrellas A film version of Macbeth that includes the Birnam Wood scene. Documents: Copies of Birnam Handout What To Do 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. How Did It Go? If you used this lesson, we would like to hear how it went and about any adaptations you made to suit the needs of YOUR students. 3.4 And. . . Freeze! January 2002 Sarah Squier taught English at Montpelier High School in Montpelier, Vermont. Plays/Scenes CoveredMacbeth 3.4.33-73 What's On for Today and Why Your students will be reading a short section of a scene very closely and developing tableaux as a start to the performance process. This method of jumping into the text was demonstrated by Calleen Sinnette-Jennings at the Folger's Teaching Shakespeare Institute in July 2000.

This lesson will take one class period. What You Need Folger edition of Macbeth Available in Folger print edition and Folger Digital Texts What To Do 1) Place the students into groups of five, and assign them different roles from Macbeth 3.4.33-73. 2) Ask the students to decide which words in each passage are operatives. 3) At the board, ask the students to share their words and thoughts on the characters. 4) Instruct the students to write an on-the-spot paragraph in the voice of their character, answering the following questions: What do I want? How Did It Go? 1.1-2 "They Smack of Honor Both" 1.7 Acting in marriage-is it on stage or off? February 2011 Jessica Speck teaches English at Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, MD.

Plays/Scenes Covered Macbeth 1.7 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams What's On for Today and Why Students will examine the consequences of different choices by an actor on the perception of the state of the marriage between Macbeth/Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth and Brick /Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This activity will take 2 x 40 minute class periods. What You Need Macbeth DVD Folger/Two River Production Set of numbered cards Class set of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Folger edition of Macbeth Available in Folger print edition and Folger Digital Texts 3 Handouts Documents: Handout 1: Excerpt from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Handout 2:Historical Views of Marriage and Women Handout 3:Special features commentary What To Do Prior to the lesson, students should have read Macbeth and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Day 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Day 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Follow up How Did It Go? Transfer/Application. Masculinitiy and Power in Macbeth. Macbeth on Pinterest.