Year 10 - May 4th, 5.2-3

Year 10 - May 4th, 5.2-3

Agenda + HW

• Checking in

• Act 5, Scene 2 - why include it?

• Act 5, Scene 3 - what happened to Macbeth?

• Analysis of language - focus on Macbeth

Act 5, scene 2

Menteith, Angus, Caithness, Lennox

Open Ended

Why did Shakespeare include this scene in the play? Does it connect to a larger theme or idea? Did we learn new information or learn about different characters?

Act 5, Scene 3

Macbeth, Servant, Seyton, Doctor

Focus on language - same analysis as we did yesterday

This time the assignment will be submitted and assessed

Make this on a document you can submit on Managebac

Language Analysis - Macbeth's changing characters

• Select three adjectives that you would use to define Macbeth early in the play

• Find corresponding quotes to support these claims - some of these quotes may be said about him

• Inverse - select three adjectives that you would use to define Macbeth at the end of the play

• Find corresponding quotes to support these claims

Language Analysis - Macbeth's changing character

• Due end of class on Wednesday(converting ACT to extra English class)

• To achieve top marks your quotes must match your adjectives - they can't be random

• Your adjectives must vary, not be synonyms of one another

• This is a chance to reflect critically on the text and demonstrate your mastery over the text

• 12 formative points - 2 per quote/adjective

Open Ended

What did you pick as your three adjectives to describe Macbeth at the start of the play? And at the end?