A short thread on five things for students to remember and write about in Macbeth #TeamEnglish

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Evil deeds take place at night...

Lady Macbeth’s scheming; the murder of Duncan; Macbeth’s second visit to the witches.

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Stormy weather signifies disruption...

Storms accompany the prophecies; Duncan is murdered amidst a storm; the apparitions appear to thunder.

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How Macbeth chooses to kill matters...

On the battlefield (heroic); whilst Duncan sleeps (cowardly); pays murders to kill Banquo and Macduff’s family (despicable).

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Lady Macbeth is also vulnerable...

Remembers her father (A2-S2); concerned at Macbeth’s increasingly tyranny (A3-S2); goes mad with guilt (A5-S1).

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Malcolm’s final words matter...

He describes Macbeth as a ‘dead butcher’ and Lady Macbeth as a ‘fiend-like queen’.

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Hyde only appears under the cover of darkness...

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‘And blights with plagues the marriage hearse’ (line 16)

Menacingly evocative of the traditional vows: ‘in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part’.
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Link: My Last Duchess, by Robert Browning
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A few ways to use a visualiser...

1⃣ I-We-You: Model success for the ‘I’ part of the process by planning or partially constructing a response to a task.
2⃣ I-We-You: Work with the class for the ‘We’ part of the process by asking for ideas and opinions.
3⃣ Gradual reveal: Conceal information and reveal it gradually to your wards – discuss as you go.
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Some ideas for ‘prep’ or ‘recall’ tasks that students can get on with whilst you make your way over to their bubble… #TeamEnglish
1⃣ Choose a selection of letters and ask student to find fitting adjectives that describe a particular character. For example, take the letters B, F, I and T for Macbeth: brutal, flawed, insecure and tyrannical.
2⃣ Pick a range of adjectives that describe a particular character or identify a key theme and get students to find supporting quotations.
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