Another in my new Year 10 teaching idea. This powerpoint focuses on Banquo in Act 3, links to You Tube clips form 3 versions of the play on film - Welles, Stewart and Polanski - and concludes with a short writing …
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Teaching Macbeth in Y10: early ideas
Here are two teaching ideas for my new Y10 Macbeth class - both on PPt. With a small class, I want much of the class teaching to involve round table discussion this term. I have experimented with this and find …
Macbeth coursework Preparation booklet
This is version 1 of the prepbook I will be using for Year 10. It will be used in conjunction with teaching the play in the "usual" way - reading, discussing, acting and generally ensuring engagement and comprehension. I hope …
Macbeth and the Great Chain – task planning
As I consider my eventual IGCSE coursework essay for Year 10 this year, I am working through ideas for myself. Here I am looking at the material I will want students to explore to enable them to access an essay …
Macbeth and the Great Chain of Being: Initial thoughts
A powerpoint to introduce the idea of the Great Chain of Being to Year 10. I like this focus for coursework since it requires understanding of the whole play and a wide range of characters. There will be more on …
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Macbeth: a few points before we begin.
A few points on Metre, verse and thou/you.... amongst other things. macbeth 1 A screencast is available on the department You Tube channel Read More "Macbeth: a few points before we begin."
Close Reading ideas 2: Strings and conversations
This post develops ideas heard at the recent NATE conference in a presentation by Lucy Webster from the EMC. A great talk was focused on developing strategies for close reading in Shakespeare. My Powerpoint has worked the ideas with …
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Introducing Macbeth at IGCSE
An introduction to Macbeth for the students studying the text next year for Edexcel IGCSE Heritage texts. I try to cover a range contexts in this material. Includes tasks for students to undertake research ready to feed back into discussion …
Writing a character essay at KS4
This post considers a technique for writing about character at KS4 for IGCSE or GCSE. It takes a straightforward question: "How is the character of ..... represented?" and applies a 10 minute plan to produce an essay. The video screencast …
Loyalty in Lear: notes and jottings
Following a discussion this morning, I have some bullet points to provoke discussion as the exams approach. The theme of loyalty requires some identification of the message that Shakespeare might have been trying to get across rather than a list …
