Macbeth - full play high ability scheme of work, acts 1-5, 155 SLIDE PPT plus RESOURCES

Updated Feb 2022 and designed for high ability pupils (targets of grade 6-9), this resource is for the full play of Macbeth (AQA GCSE English Literature). It includes a monster PPT of 155 slides, which can be divided into MANY lessons - an absolute bargain!

This unit is designed to be studied with the whole text - the edition we used was the Cambridge school’s version. It works from zero prior knowledge of the play, but could also be used with any pupils who might have previously studied the play, in order to supplement, challenge and stretch their learning further.

This resource includes:

• A range of tasks and activities on the vast majority of the play (including 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7; 2.1, 2.2, 2.4; 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6; 4.1, 4.2, 4.2; 5.1, 5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 5.8)
• Any scenes not included as explicit tasks can be read with and discussed with pupils at the appropriate time as all lessons are clearly labelled for which act and scene they refer to
• Any resources referenced in the PPT, including handouts and sample work from pupils
• Full lesson PPT covering the majority of the play (key ideas and analysis for in lesson use)… including:
  -Activities include work on character, theme, context, plot, lang/structure analysis
• Practice exam questions
• the opening of the play and Shakespeare’s intent
• Built in homework tasks
• Links to various videos to enhance learning
• Snippets on tackling exam questions, with reference to mark schemes and key skills
• Context links (religion, witches, James I, regicide, primogeniture, Great Chain, other plays)
• Symbolism and key critical philosophy that links to the play
• dramatic irony
• power balances
• structure
• the play’s ending
• Sample exam responses
• Exam technique and reference to mark schemes

Updated Feb 2022 to include acts 4 and 5 plus further bonus resources and tweaks to previous lesson tasks.