Friday 5th June
LC: to apply active reading strategies to engage with and understand a classic text
Let's look at what happens next in the play.
What does Macbeth do after seeing the witches?
What happens to Duncan?
Open the first playscript below.
As you watch the video,
follow the words on your playscript.
The killing of Duncan BBC Adapted Playscript
2. All Hail, Macbeth! Thane of Cawdor!
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Now let's read the Marcia Williams' retelling of the story.
Marcia Williams Retelling of Macbeth
3. Daggers for Duncan.
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Carry out all calculations in your Maths jotter.
Show all your working out.
Complete the RIC.
LC: through close reading of the text, locate clues to support understanding
Read pages 5-12.
As you are reading, note all of the things Jack and Luca see when they first enter the house.
Draw a sketch of the scene you imagine, using all of the information.
LC: to understand the influence of Macbeth in culture
You are going to create a sketch of a Shakespeare character. We will use pencils to outline our sketch.
Remember!
The less pressure you use the lighter the line.
The more pressure you use the darker the line.
Background on 'Macbeth'
It is believed that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth to please King James, who had just become the King of England. King James believed in witches and was thought to be a descendant of Banquo - one of the story's heroes.
King James
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare wrote 10 tragedies, including Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth was portrayed as a cruel and manipulative woman in the play. However, audiences learn that she has been devastated by the loss of a child.
Macbeth is set in Scotland although Shakespeare never went to Scotland.
Actors believe that the play Macbeth is cursed. For this reason, actors try not to pronounce the name of the play when in the theatre, calling it 'The Scottish Play' instead.
The witches tell Macbeth that he will be safe 'until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him'. Macbeth knows that a forest could not move so thinks he is invincible.
The three witches are also known as the 'weird sisters'.
In the 11th century, there was a King of Scotland called Macbeth.
Many of the other characters are based on real people too.
King James feared the power of witches and held witch trials. Between 1590 and 1592, more than 70 people were accused of witchcraft in the North Berwick Witch Trials. Many of the accused confessed to their 'crimes' while being tortured. It is unclear how many of the accused were executed.
Let's begin by sketching the shape of a face.
