Sec+4+-+Macbeth+(By+Mr+Adrian+Chan)

=Macbeth Lesson 1= By Mr Adrian Chan


 * Macbeth Online Lesson**

Film Clip 1- Sleepwalking Scene media type="youtube" key="IOkyZWQ2bmQ" height="344" width="425"

Film Clip 2- Tomorrow, tomorrow Speech media type="youtube" key="LAi4qzNHtwY" height="344" width="425"

Film Clip 3 media type="youtube" key="A1lHYvxieB8" height="344" width="425"

Film Clip 4- Banquet Scene and Banquo's Ghost media type="youtube" key="Sk5BtMgTW7c" height="344" width="425"


 * __LEARNING OUTCOMES__**


 * CORE CURRICULUM **
 * Students can identify and evaluate how screenplays interpret and evaluate how meaning is created in a text.
 * Students can identify symbols and motifs and evaluate how they create meaning..


 * CURRICULUM OF CONNECTIONS **
 * Students understand how intertextual meaning is generated through relationships between different genres- film and drama.


 * CURRICULUM OF PRACTICE **
 * Students select, evaluate and organise information from the text in order to synthesise a coherent argument.
 * Students use knowledge of Bradley's Substance of Shakespearean Tragedy and use film texts to construct written response.


 * CURRICULUM OF IDENTITY **
 * Students reflect on how the main theme explored in the text relates directly to their own experience in reality and the implications for contemporary social life.


 * //Exercise 1//**

After viewing the above film clips, evaluate how effectively these screenplay adaptations in film portray the themes and interaction between characters accurately in the Shakespearean tragedy- Macbeth


 * Instructions**: type a one paragraph (300 words) response to this focus question in a word document and upload the file below.


 * Student Responses (please make sure your name and class is written at the top of your document)**


 * //Exercise 2//**

In the sequences above film is used to mediate our understanding of Shakespearean tragedy. Discuss the symbolic significance of light and dark, battle, the supernatural and reality and other relevant motifs in the text.


 * Instructions**: type an 600 word response in a word document and upload the file below.


 * Student Responses (please make sure your name and class is written at the top of your document)**

In the light of these scenes, evaluate how far Macbeth is a tragic hero of his own free will or a victim of circumstance.
 * DISCUSSION **


 * Instructions:** use the discussion forum on this page to post comments.

__//Macbeth Lesson 2//__
 * __ TOPIC: __**** Kingship as theme in Macbeth **

☞ To revise textual understanding and essay analysis skills through extra practice in preparing towards the EOY examination. ☞ To emphasize the importance of substantiation to support points of  view, employing the S-E-E strategy.
 * Objectives: **

♣ From my iVLE download the __on-line worksheet__ and __on-line assessment__ based on the theme of kingship. In revising the content, consider who the other possible/potential kings, after Duncan, may be. Identify and rank them on a list
 * I. **** Independent Learning (30 to 40min) **

♣ Next, focus on: ∙ close analysis of each potential king and reflect on his linear development over the various acts – flat vs round character. ∙ how foreshadowing as a literary device sets in motion the conflicts between these potential kings bringing the plot forward to the final showdown ∙ concept of kingship and the great chain of being must be borne in mind.

♣ __Websites / On-line Resources:__

Refer to some of the websites below in your search on the theme of kingship vs tyranny and who makes a better king among the characters you’ve identified as potential kings:

1.[] 2.[] 3.[] 4.[] 5.[] 6.[] 7.[] 8.[|http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth] 9.[]


 * “Bleed, bleed, poor country!” ||

It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash Is added to her wounds.” ||
 * “I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;

♛ Go to the IVLE Discussion Forum that has been set up for the class. ♛ **Analyse** the question together with me as I facilitate the discussion. ♛ **Brainstorm** for relevant points to include in your answers. ♛ ** Organise ** the points meaningfully to form an essay outline.
 * II.Discussion (30min) **

✍ Follow the instructions outlined in the assigned task and complete it. Refer to the on-line Assessment task.
 * III.Assessment (30min) **