Lesson 5.5 - Macbeth (Act 3 Scenes 5, 6 and Act 4 Scenes 1, 2)
Specific Expectations:
Developing and Organizing Content - 1.3; 1.4; 1.6
Understanding Form and Style: 2.2
Reading With Fluency: 3.3
Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: 4.2
Learning Goal(s):
In this lesson, through reading Shakespeare's Macbeth you will gain a better understanding of the traditional theme of good vs. evil and be further exposed to the path of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s personal degeneration) and the consequences of greed.
Act 3 Scene 6, please read the note on page 127 of NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE that says, “Lennox speaks sarcastically throughout ... he thinks Macbeth is guilty of the murders.”
Sarcasm (ther noun) is closely related to Verbal Irony - you say one thing but you mean something different. (Recall the poem about the teacher’s answer to the absent student who asks, “Did I miss anything?”)
PART 1: Sarcastic is the adjective of sarcasm (example: " A sarcastic teacher once told me that I was brilliant, but I know she didn't mean it." Sarcastically is the adverb : example: :"He spoke sarcastically to the teacher"
SCENE 6 contains lots of examples of Lennox being sarcastic. List and number 3 examples of sarcasm and explain what you think Lennox really believes is the truth.
PART 2:
SCENE 6 contains three (3) examples of FORESHADOWING of events that will happen in the future. What are the 3 things that Lennox says will happen?
Submission: PDF format. (file size can't be more than 20 MB)Activity 5.5.1 - Answer Key Page
In Act 3 Macbeth plots to murder Banquo and Fleance.
What is his motive? What are the direct results of the murder attempts? What effects occur later? Answer these questions with a few sentences and post to Moodle.
Note: Once submitted, you can check your answers against the ANSWER KEY provided by your teacher.
Submission: PDF format. (file size can't be more than 20 MB)Students to complete this after you've finished all activities/tasks in today's lesson.