Lesson 5.2 - Macbeth (Act 1 Scenes 5, 6, 7)
Specific Expectations:
Reading for Meaning - 1.2; 1.5; 1.6
Understanding Form and Style - 2.2
Reading with Fluency - 3.2
Learning Goal(s):
In this lesson you will continue reading Shakespeare's Macbeth to the end of Act 1 Scene 4 and will also be exposed to background information about Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and Macbeth.
SHAKESPEARE ONLINE is an Internet teaching aid used in classrooms all over the world with approximately 1.3 million unique users per month. It turned twenty-two years old in 2021! It provides information on Shakespeare and his writing free of charge.
For your homework, please explore all the resources that SHAKESPEARE ONLINE has to offer. It will enhance your enjoyment and experience of this unit. In the Bar on the left hand side of the link (below), under plays, select Macbeth to access resources for this play. (http://www.shakespeare-online.com/siteinfo/copyright.html).
In your JOURNAL, write a reflection of no less than 100 words detailing some of the interesting links you explored on the SHAKESPEARE ONLINE website. You should plan to spend at least 30 minutes on the website before writing your reflection.
Students to complete this after you've finished all activities/tasks in today's lesson.