MACBETH: Macbeth's Downfall Day Two: Review and Collaborative Reading - Act IV, Scene ii through Act V, Scene viii

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Objective

SWBAT demonstrate comprehension of Macbeth's downfall through review, collaborative reading, and answering text-dependent questions.

Big Idea

What is the evolution of Macbeth's downfall?

Lesson Author

Elizabeth Watts Bromery, Ph.D.

Pembroke Pines, FL

Grade Level

Twelfth grade

Subjects

English / Language Arts

tragic hero

Literature

archetype

Shakespeare

Classics (Literature)

Standards

RL.11-12.2

Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

RL.11-12.10

By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

SL.11-12.1

Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Lesson Overview and Note to Teachers

My classes are held in 100-minute block sessions every other day.

The lesson below outlines Day Two of a two-day lesson on Macbeth's downfall. Students work together to answer text-dependent questions to review content we explored last class (Act IV, Scene ii through Act V, Scene i). Next they engage in collaborative reading of Act V, Scene ii through Act V, Scene viii, in No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth (SparkNotes, 2003), answering text-dependent questions together to check their comprehension of the play's resolution. Please view my narration video in this section for more information.

Review and Collaborative Reading

100 minutes

Reflection: Review and Collaborative Reading

Today my students work in pairs, using text-dependent questions to review content we explored last class (Act IV, Scene ii through Act V, Scene i). I return their tickets out (TICKET OUT - Macbeth's Fall)(Ticket Out: Student Work - Macbeth's Fall) from last class, summaries of the content and a response to what happened to Lady Macbeth in Act V, Scene i; I encourage them to use these for review if necessary. Next, they read and discuss the remainder of the play (Act V, Scene ii through Act V, Scene vii), answering text-dependent questions to monitor their comprehension.

Please view my Narration video for more information on how this lesson plays out (Narration: Review and Collaborative Reading).