Macbeth GCSE - English Literature Resources KS4.
Help your KS4 students understand the plot, recognise the cultural and historical context of Macbeth, and appreciate Shakespeare's language. Macbeth lesson plans and worksheets of differing complexity explore specific and general issues. Coursework suggestions are included. Resources are designed mainly for use in English GCSE classes, but some could be used in Drama classes at Key Stage 4 too.
Macbeth is a play of contradiction and ambition. Driven to becoming King, Macbeth will kill all and any that get in his way. He puts his faith in the words and prophesies of three witches, after.
Enter MACBETH, LADY MACBETH, ROSS, LENNOX, Lords, and Attendants MACBETH You know your own degrees; sit down: at first And last the hearty welcome. Lords Thanks to your majesty. MACBETH Ourself will mingle with society, And play the humble host. Our hostess keeps her state, but in best time We will require her welcome. LADY MACBETH Pronounce it for me, sir, to all our friends; For my heart.
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What vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan? He sees a floating head urging him to spill blood. He sees a bloody axe lodged in Duncan’s brow. He sees a pale maiden weeping in the moonlight. He sees a floating dagger pointing him to Duncan’s chamber. 9. With whom are the Scots at war at the beginning of the play? Norway; Denmark; Poland; Finland; 10. Which nation’s army invades.
MACBETH Programme Notes by Stuart Rathe Introduction This teaching sequence provides a scheme of work to accompany Macbeth - an animated adap-tation in eight short (5 minute) episodes from BBC School Radio. There are various opportunities to meet Key Stage 2 National Curriculum requirements, including study of a significant author; reading techniques such as prediction, drawing inferences.
Macbeth’s return is followed almost at once by Duncan’s arrival. The Macbeths plot together and later that night, while all are sleeping and after his wife has given the guards drugged wine, Macbeth kills the King and his guards. Lady Macbeth leaves the bloody daggers beside the dead king. Macduff arrives and when the murder is discovered.