A great starter task to focus students on the characters in the novel. Suitable for Y9-Y11.

Used to model the task for students. Works with Hexagonal Learning in Macbeth file.

Used with KS3 or KS4 students to develop appreciation of themes, characters and connections in the play. An example file can also be downloaded to model the task for students.

Lots of information to help students understand the backdrop to the play.

Used to model approaches to connecting ideas in the text.

Used for KS3 or KS4 students to connect ideas between themes and characters in the novella. Use the example resource (can also be found free) to encourage students to explore new connections in the text.

Designed to extend thinking beyond the obvious for KS4 students, though could also be used with more-able KS3. The idea is to take a textual reference and 'zoom out' beyond initial impressions, to writer's techniques, writer's intentions and finally, symbolic meanings. Hopefully it might be useful to others.

Designed to test understanding of the play for GCSE students.

Explores the ideas behind Catholicism to enable GCSE students to develop understanding of the characters in the play.

Ideal as a starter or extension task, this wordsearch covers the alphabet and contains 26 challenging words.