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Macbeth: Fun Trivia Quiz
While this quiz on Macbeth is not highly collaborative or academically challenging, you might use it as brief check for understanding or sponge activity. This quiz is composed of ten multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions....
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All that Glitters...with William Shakespeare
This Fun Trivia online interactive quiz could be useful if you teach a Shakespeare class; however, its use is limited given that it covers numerous plays and specifically requires identifying works based on quotes referencing gold and...
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Three Great Plays of Shakespeare
In these comprehension worksheets, students complete activities after reading "Romeo and Juliet," "Macbeth," and "King Lear." Activities include matching characters with descriptions, short answer and true/false questions. Activities are...
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MacBeth Activity Using Alanis Morissette's "Wake Up"
Students analyze Macbeth through the lens of a pop song. In this Macbeth lesson plan, students read Act I, Scene 7 of Macbeth and determine Lady Macbeth's viewpoint. Students read the lyrics to Alanis Morrissette's song 'Wake Up' and...
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Macbeth Madness
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth in a variety of creative activities. In this Macbeth lesson, students read Act Two, Scene IV and Act Three, Scene I-VI. Students then complete the text given at the link.
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Macbeth Madness
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth through the reading and discussion activities. In this Macbeth lesson plan, students read Act IV and V and then discuss the ending to the play.
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Can You Hear Macbeth Now?
Learners explore how sound affects scene understanding using the Shakespeare play Macbeth. In this audio and play analysis lesson, students respond to Macbeth events as if they were at a sporting event. Learners listen to parts of the...
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Shakespeare, Macbeth: Characterization and Theme
In this literary elements worksheet, students read Shakespeare's Macbeth and then respond to 13 short answer questions about the characters and themes in the play.
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Macbeth
Pupils discuss the changes the characters go through in Shakespeare's play Macbeth. They discuss the themes of the play write an essay comparing current events to the themes of the play.
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Macbeth...Macbeth...Macbeth: Fun Trivia Quiz
Test readers on their knowledge of Shakespeare's well-known play Macbeth. Including several kinds of questions such as vocabulary, plot recall, character and quote recognition. This could be a useful resource to check for readers'...
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Macbeth Madness
Students participate in various social studies activities in correlation to William Shakespeare's Macbeth. For this Macbeth lesson, students study maps of Scotland, England, and Norway to identify locations mentioned in Macbeth. Students...
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Macbethan Art
Learners review and reproduce an article of Elizabethan styled clothing as a part of an analysis of Shakespeare's Macbeth. In this Elizabethan art instructional activity, students discuss the fashion of the Elizabethan era and research...
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From Start to Finish: Shakespeare's Plays
This online interactive quiz is too low-quality to assign to your class; however, you may want to adapt the idea of recognizing starts and finishes of works for your own lesson or quiz. An example from the instructional activity is:...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 2, Lesson 14
How does Shakespeare further develop Macbeth's character using the interaction between Macduff and Malcolm? Pupils write responses to the question. They continue their analysis of Macbeth with a masterful reading and guided whole-class...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 2, Lesson 18
Macbeth describes life as a light and a candle, suggesting it is fleeting and meaningless. Using the resource, scholars engage in an evidence-based discussion and complete a Quick Write about Shakespeare's use of figurative language in...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 4, Unit 2, Lesson 26
How do directors' choices emphasize different elements of a drama? Scholars participate in a discussion about the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth and Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood. Finally, they write an analysis of...
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Hamlet Research Paper: Find, Evaluate, and Select Appropriate Research Sources
Help young researchers find credible sources online. Modeling with a Google search for information about Shakespeare’s Macbeth, use a computer projector or Smart Board to show class members how weak the top three search results are....
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Whom Do We Trust, and Why?
Is it possible to regain trust? Scholars put much thought into the subject of trust after reading Shakespeare's Macbeth. Readers work together to analyze how the character relationships develop the a message about trust. They then create...
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Screwing Courage in Macbeth
Students read, analyze, and act out the scenes 1.7.29-79 of the William Shakespeare play, "Macbeth." They discuss motivation, tactics, and obstacles, and improvise scenes suggested by the class.
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When Shall We Three Meet Again?
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. Macbeth’s witches provide young actors an opportunity to try their hand at small ensemble acting. Using Act I, scene I of Shakespeare’s play, groups of three take turns...
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Acting in Marriage-Is It on Stage or Off?
Students compare views of marriage in Macbeth and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In this comparative literature lesson, students discuss and debate the marriages of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth Brick and Maggie's...
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An Actor's View of Shakespeare
Students research characters from different plays. In this Shakespeare and performing arts instructional activity, students discuss the portrayal of characters from the perspective of real actors. Students work in groups to examine the...
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Shakespeare's Macbeth: Fear and Motives of Evil
Students complete play and vocabulary analysis for William Shakespeare's Macbeth. In this Macbeth analysis lesson plan, students use an online research engine to locate passages that highlight Macbeth's response to fear and his descent...
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Shakespeare's Macbeth
In this literature worksheet, students find the terms related to Shakespeare and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.