In this Powerpoint lecture I look at verse form, use of metre and also at 2nd person address before students engage closely with Macbeth... macbeth-1 with commentary Read More "Introducing Form before reading Macbeth"
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Discussing the ‘fiend like Queen’ -Voice and ppt
A talk given this morning to a group of boys working on an essay about the 'fiend like queen'. We were preparing Macbeth for IGCSE Literature (Edexcel), though the ideas can apply to examinations quite easily. I try to focus …
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Lady Macbeth Fiend-Like Queen notes for y10.
This document is a collection of notes for Year 10 about to approach a long essay on Lady Macbeth. It will outline some strategies and thoughts about hitting the assessment objectives for such an essay in Edexcel IGCSE. Essay Plan …
Advice to year 10 as they approach coursework…
10JWPEn, please find your advice sound file.... https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/171114_001.mp3 macbeht-intro (2) macbeth-1 macbeth-chain-11 - Copymacbeth-prepbook janus sentences Read More "Advice to year 10 as they approach coursework…"
Macbeth coursework support
My support for students writing a coursework essay about Lady Macbeth for Edexcel IGCSE Literature. NOTE to students: this blog is in the public domain. If you cut and paste my writing it is plagiarism. Any teacher checking your work …
Lady Macbeth coursework idea
A powerpoint to support initial coursework thoughts for a class considering this question: How does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth as a “fiend-like Queen”? Consider the context of creation, language, form and structure in your response. The idea is to support not …
Macbeth – beginning to write using PEARL
As with the war lit post earlier today - I know there are many ways of doing this. My current group need some guidelines...: pearling-macbeth Read More "Macbeth – beginning to write using PEARL"
Out, damned Spot: Act 5.1
A short teaching presentation to help a discussion of the sleepwalking scene... I like discussing the links back to earlier scenes in her apparently mad ravings... LM spot Read More "Out, damned Spot: Act 5.1"
Act 4.3 A scene of Mirrors. Macbeth.
Act 4.3 is the longest scene in Macbeth and seems to abruptly halt the dramatic flow of the play. We have seen fast-paced murder and await revelation and retribution. It comes, but only after 150 lines of dialogue in which …
Banquo in Act 3
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 …
