Macbeth Learning Objective Understand key study skills and memory techniques Begin to understand the main characters in ‘Macbeth’.

Starter. How many can you remember? Dagger Macbeth Blood Banquo Trees Witches King Duncan Lady Macbeth Castle Letter Hands Macduff Crown Ghost By the end of the lesson you will remember all 15.

Memory retention strategy one and two. Colour and images. For each word write – using as much colour as possible – and draw a colour picture to accompany it. Your picture can be as abstract as you like. Dagger Macbeth Blood Banquo Trees

Memory retention strategy three and four. Association and mind maps. Produce a mind map for all the things associated with each of these words or names: Castle King Duncan Witches Lady Macbeth

Memory retention strategy five. Storytelling. Create a story – it can be abstract but needs to make logical sense - that uses these six words in six different stages. Each stage can be drawn or bullet pointed. Cauldron Letter Crown Macduff Hands Ghost

Memory retention strategy six and seven. Mnemonics and anagrams. Mnemonic eg I Put Some Water In Charlie’s Hat = IPSWICH Anagram eg I am a weakish speller = William Shakespeare Use the first letters from the words from today’s lesson to make either an mnemonic or an anagram: Dagger Lady Macbeth Macbeth Castle Blood Letter Banquo Hands Trees Macduff Witches Crown King Duncan Ghost

Memory retention strategy eight and nine. Quizzes and tests. Test your neighbour on how many words they can say in 20 seconds. Swap and repeat Click here

Plenary How many of those 20 words can you remember now? Can you remember the names of the main characters from ‘Macbeth’?

Macbeth Learning Objective Understand key study skills and memory techniques Begin to understand the main characters in ‘Macbeth’.

Homework Must: Use a memory technique to remember three to five important quotes from Macbeth. Should: Apply a memory technique to remember the memory techniques. Could: Apply a memory technique to another subject with an area that you must know – important dates for History, the periodic table etc.