Unit Plan: Macbeth

Class: Year 8 Advanced English, Key Stage 3 Description of Unit: Shakespeare: Macbeth Knowledge and Understanding: Key Elements: LfLW Talking presentations Media awareness Shakespeares life and work Personal understanding Story elements and genres Cultural understanding Skills: Talking, group discussion, and presentations Reading for key ideas Participation in a range of drama activities Creative Writing Connections with other Areas of Learning/Subject strands: ICT- Shakespeare research Media- Shakespeare research Geography & History- Scotland circa 11th Century

Nov / Dec

Thinking Skills & Personal Capabilities Major Focus Working with others Achieved through: -partner discussion -group research -group drama presentation Lesser Focus Self management

Learning Outcomes By the end of the unit, students will be able to: Research & manage information effectively Read, understand, and respond to Shakespeares work Demonstrate creativity in both short stories and reading responses Work effectively with others and demonstrate self management

Week Nov. 11-15 Background & research

Lesson Sequence 12th: Know, Want to know and Learned (KWL) about Shakespeare, brainstorm Qs for short research project 13th: Research in small groups 14th: Prepare and practice presentations

Strategies Group work Partner work Student-centred exploration Question-driven research

Key Concepts Effective questions Research skills Media awareness Communication Skills Cultural understanding

Objectives Students will be able to: -Ask effective questions about a topic. -Understand the connections between Shakespeares world and his work. -Research a limited topic responsibly in small groups.

Differentiation: Multi-level grouping Weekend time to work Student presentations Gradual release of responsibility, modelling Partner work Read aloud

Nov. 18-22 Begin Macbeth, translations

19th: Presentations 20th: Language work and Macbeth Intro

Nov. 25-29 Continue Macbeth, Character study

26th: Review translations, watch witches clip, read summary of section 27th: Scotland geography, read aloud in groups 28th: Parts of a story, Thanksgiving lesson

Differentiation: Concrete examples/illustrations Multi-media Group work Multi-media presentation Write to learn Differentiation: Student levelled translation work Extension: character study Extra support for Laura

Shakespearian language Cultural understanding Tragedy/comedy Character development Translation to modern English Setting Characterization Working with others Plot Response to reading

Students will be able to: -Understand and summarize Shakespearian text. -Use context clues to discern unfamiliar language.

Resources & Homework Year 8 Macbeth booklet Macbeth text original version and storybooks BBC Bitesize website Homework: Complete presentation prep over weekend. Clip of Macbeth Translation worksheets Dictionary Map of Scotland Homework: Reading and translating Macbeth into Modern English Hand turkeys (parts of a play) Scripts to highlight Copies of livewire Shakespeare Homework: Read storybook version

Students will be able to: -Understand and identify the five parts of a play. -Write a creative response to a specific character. -Work in small groups to translate Shakespearian language into modern English.

Dec. 2-6 Scene work and role playing with Macbeth

3rd: Continue parts of a play, stage scenes 4th: Practice and perform scenes 5th: Finish scene performance

Role-playing Write to learn Class discussion Partner work

Differentiation: Student-selected involvement in scenes Character study extension

Theme Climax Quote analysis Language Speaking and listening

Students will be able to: - Stage and perform a scene from Macbeth. -Write a response from the point of view of a character. - Discuss and defend their opinion about the tragedy.

Modified scripts for witch scene Camera to document performance Discussion questions

Dec. 9-13 Complete Macbeth, begin writing scary stories

10th:Newspaper reports, summarize plot 11th: Complete parts of the play, group discussion 12th: Create story map for read-aloud scary story, students create story map for own story

Group guided discussion Write to learn Application of content Share with peers

Differentiation: Student-based work Newspaper report may be video report for extension

Plot Journalism and media awareness Speaking and listening Creative storytelling Story map Suspense

Students will be able to: -Write a concise plot summary of Macbeth. -Write a newspaper report from the perspective of 1000th century Scotland. -Effectively create a scary story based on a story map.

Homework: Practicing play, writing from character perspective Example newspaper reports Sample scary story Story maps Illustration tools Homework: Write newspaper reports Scary story creative writing