Starting 'Macbeth'

From the author of the best-selling Starting Shakespeare, a book of fascinating resources and lively activities introducing students to Shakespeare and 'Macbeth', and fully preparing them for the Key Stage 3 SATs Shakespeare element.




Introducing the play (preparatory information and activities)
Putting on the play
An interview with... (various famous Elizabethan actors)
Checkpoint (activities for written work following on from interview)
Production notes for a key scene
Focus on Shakespeare (an aspect of his life relevant to the play)
The Elizabethan theatre (focus on an aspect relevant to the play)
Studying the play
Activities on genre
Plot
Characters
Features of the play (i.e. language - such as soliloquy, blank verse, songs, prose, oratory)
Focus on key speech
Forum (questions, answers and discussion following on from work on the key speech)
Comparison with another play (key speech or scene or character)
Preparing for SATs
Exam technique
Revision (how to revise and activities)
Model questions
Homework