Macbeth part 2+3

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Start assignment

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.

MacBeth - Lady MacBeth

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

Lesson aims

I can compare and contrast characters

I can use new vocabulary from the book

Today

Macbeth/Lady Macbeth similarities/differences

Comprehension and vocab work

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 writing assignment

Characteristics

Ambitious                           Ruthless

Hesitant                                                       Paranoid                                                             Gullible

   Violent                                                               Guilty

Superstitious                                                   Manipulative                                                          Cunning

Remorseless                                                          Dominant

Persuasive                                                         Regretful                                                    Mentally unstable

Character comparison - draw in your notebook

Macbeth	Lady Macbeth	Same
Doubtful	Cold hearted	Unstable
Fearful		Guilty

Lesson aims

I can compare and contrast characters

I can use new vocabulary from the book

Homework

- Read part 3

- Keep listing the characters

Start assignment - 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 Donalbain of the murder

F Macbeth and Lennox go into the kings room

G Macduff is angry with the porter

H Lady Macbeth falls to the floor

The correct order?

 B1 Macduff and Lennox enter the castle

G2  Macduff is angry with the porter

F3 Macbeth and Lennox go to the kings room

A4Macduff finds the king dead

C5 Macbeth kills the two soldiers

H6 Lady Macbeth falls to the floor

D7 Malcolm and Donalbain decide to leave the castle

 E8 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)

Teacher will put you in groups

Teacher will assign roles: Macbeth, or Lady Macbeth

Decide which questions your character could answer and make up your own

Write down your questions

Be prepared for the interrogation!

Homework

Write a summary of part 2+3

Complete character list

Read parts 4+5 

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!