Macbeth Reading 1 Date: Objectives Introduce reading plan and schedule. Read Macbeth Act 1 scene 1-3 (7 pages) Comprehend the plot and express feelings on the opening. Mark important quotes for later.

Reading plan There are five acts, average six scenes per act. Reading several pages each day, I calculate 15 classes to complete the reading with questions and notes. Each Macbeth class, we’ll do a warm-up which shall have you verbalise and share ideas linked to what’s coming up. We’ll read several pages. We’ll do three tasks related to reflecting what we read. At the end of each act, you’ll get questions which, by answering, shall provide extensive notes on the play.

Warm-up – writing task The first thing we see in the play are three ugly gruesome witches. While the fear of witches was a genuine concern at the time, they’re also a powerful image meant to spark dozens of ideas in your head. But what ideas? . Your task: Bullet point everything you think about ‘Witches’ and what’s associated with them. Short points: Who, what, why, when, where, how? Raise hands and share ideas while we’re writing.

Warm-up – write bullet points about witches The first thing we see in the play are three ugly gruesome witches. While the fear of witches was a genuine concern at the time, they’re also a powerful image meant to spark dozens of ideas in your head. But what ideas? . Your task: Bullet point everything you think about ‘Witches’ and what’s associated with them. Short points: Who, what, why, when, where, how? Raise hands and share ideas while we’re writing.

Roles: Scene set on a battlefield, dead bodies everywhere. Read Macbeth Act 1 scene 1-3 First witch Duncan (King of Scotland) Lennox (nobleman) Volunteers?: Second Witch Malcolm (son of King) Ross (nobleman) Third witch Captain Macbeth (protagonist) Banquo (Noble general) Angus (nobleman) Project voice by speaking forward, not down. Loud is good.

Time for Reflection “Fair is foul and foul is fair” (Witches) Write down the two quotes below and what you think about them. On a page, write down what you think is going on. (summary) Write down questions you have (This helps with sorting what you know and don’t know and gives you the opportunity to figure it out before asking.) “Fair is foul and foul is fair” (Witches) “to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths” (Banquo)

Homework I’m giving you out a page. We’ll be doing these questions next week in class to write up notes on Act one. Read the questions, considering what we have read so far and what to look out for tomorrow.