This blog has come about because of a chance comment by one of my students. He said that he wished that there was somewhere he could go for ideas on how to teach Shakespeare to his class. I'm going to attempt one idea each day.

Friday, 9 September 2011

Macbeth 4

Ask students to write their views/opinions about the role of the witches in the play.

This could be done as a snow ball activity.

Then create a table.

Have a number of columns.
1) Witches contribute to the plot.
2) Witches create an atmosphere of evil.
3) Witches used to show that natural order has been destroyed and chaos reigns.

Fill in the students ideas in the row section of the column and decide which of the columns their ideas apply to. 

Ask students to provide quotes to back up their ideas.

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