1. Engage: In your opinion, do you think Macbeth will be a good king?
No because he is easily controlled.
No because he is not loyal.
Yes because he is ruthless and able to do things other people may find difficult.
Which statement do you agree with?
Can you provide another point of argument?

2. Learning Objective: To EVALUATE Macbeth’s character in Act 3, scene 1 of the play.
Learning Outcome: To RESPOND to an extract question using the AO1 and AO2 assessment criteria.
Correct the homophones

3. Act 3, Scene 1
Macbeth is crowned King of Scotland.
How do you think he is feeling at this point in the play?
Would the prophecies still play upon his mind?
What is the difference between Macbeth’s power as a ruler and King Duncan’s?

4. Examine Macbeth’s state of mind in this extract.
To be thus is nothing,
But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo
Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature
Reigns that which would be feared. 'Tis much he dares,
And to that dauntless temper of his mind
He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour
To act in safety. There is none but he
Whose being I do fear, and under him
My genius is rebuked, as it is said
Mark Antony’s was by Caesar. He chid the sisters
When first they put the name of king upon me
And bade them speak to him. Then, prophet like,
They hailed him father to a line of kings.
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown
And put a barren sceptre in my grip,
Thence to be wrenched with an unilineal hand,
No son of mine succeeding. If ’t be so,
For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind;
For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered;
Put rancors in the vessel of my peace
Only for them; and mine eternal jewel
Given to the common enemy of man,
To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!
Rather than so, come fate into the list,
And champion me to th' utterance. Who’s there?
Examine Macbeth’s state of mind in this extract.
As we read the soliloquy, highlight and annotate evidence which suggest:
Macbeth is fearful of his safety
He reveals his intentions to murder Banquo
He is obsessed with Banquo and the witches
His power is weak as he does not have an heir
He will not allow fate to stand in his way
He is paranoid

5. Examine Macbeth’s state of mind in this extract.
Independent Writing
Examine Macbeth’s state of mind in this extract.
Firstly, say where this scene is set in the play. What is the effect of this? Then say what is happening (literally)
This scene takes place …. Shakespeare might have placed the scene here to…. In this scene, Macbeth’s state of mind is….
Now focus on key events and language. Pick out 6 short quotes and analyse.
Identify terminology – Shakespeare uses…/The use of…
Audience – This allows the audience to understand../This makes the audience…
Perhaps Shakespeare has done this to…

6. Plenary: EVALUATE AO1 Is your response focused on the task?
Have you organised your ideas?
Have you written a formal response using appropriate vocabulary and format?
Have you used quotations correctly?
AO2
Have you been able to write about the form and structure of the language?
Have you been able to identify any of Shakespeare’s techniques?
Have you been able to explain the effects of the language used?
WWW:
EBI:

7. ENGAGE Spot the difference:

8. Learning Objective: To EVALUATE Macbeth’s character in Act 3, Scene 2.
Learning Outcome: To EXPLAIN the changes in Macbeth’s character and his relationship with Lady Macbeth.
Literacy Objective:
Homophones – There/their/they’re
Correct the homophones

9. Act 3, Scene 2
Lady Macbeth expresses despair and lack of content with being Queen.
Macbeth enters and tells his wife that he too is discontented, saying that his mind is “full of scorpions.” He feels that the business that they began by killing Duncan is not yet complete because there are still threats to the throne that must be eliminated. Macbeth tells his wife that he has planned “a deed of dreadful note” for Banquo and Fleance and urges her to be jovial and kind to Banquo during the evening’s feast, in order to lure their next victim into a false sense of security.

10. Have they found happiness in what they have achieved?
Act Three, Scene Two from line 4
LADY MACBETH  Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content: 5 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
Enter MACBETH How now, my lord! why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companions making, Using those thoughts which should indeed have died 10 With them they think on? Things without all remedy Should be without regard: what's done is done. MACBETH  We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it: She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly: better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, 20 Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, 25 Can touch him further.
AO1
Have they found happiness in what they have achieved?
Macbeth is wallowing in self pity and doubts. How does this differ to how he was originally presented?
AO1 How does Lady Macbeth’s attitude contrast to her husband’s?
AO1
How does Duncan still achieve more in death than Macbeth?

11. Which line recalls Lady Macbeth’s earlier words in Act 1, Scene 5?
LADY MACBETH  Come on; Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks; Be bright and jovial among your guests to-night. MACBETH  So shall I, love; and so, I pray, be you: Let your remembrance apply to Banquo; Present him eminence, both with eye and tongue: Unsafe the while, that we Must lave our honours in these flattering streams, And make our faces vizards to our hearts, Disguising what they are. LADY MACBETH  You must leave this. MACBETH  O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife! Thou know'st that Banquo, and his Fleance, lives. LADY MACBETH  But in them nature's copy's not eterne. MACBETH  There's comfort yet; they are assailable; Then be thou jocund: ere the bat hath flown His cloister'd flight, ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Which line recalls Lady Macbeth’s earlier words in Act 1, Scene 5?
AO2 – What device is this? What does it suggest about Macbeth’s state of mind?

12. LADY MACBETH What's to be done
LADY MACBETH  What's to be done? MACBETH  Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; While night's black agents to their preys do rouse. Thou marvell'st at my words: but hold thee still; Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. So, prithee, go with me. Exeunt
What does Macbeth call upon to conceal his evil deeds?
How do we know Macbeth deliberately conceals his actions from his wife?
Why doesn’t Macbeth tell his wife what fate he has planned for Banquo?
Macbeth now longs to be rid of his humanity. The audience sees a shift in his character in this scene. What do you think about him at this point?

13. Complete the table by identifying the changes in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship. Support your points with key quotes from the play.
Act One
Act Three

14. Can you identify terminology in your chosen evidence?
Success Criteria:
Use your completed table to articulate your points and support them with evidence.
Independent Task
Challenge:
Can you identify terminology in your chosen evidence?
Write a short paragraph in which you CONTRAST the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
In Act One, the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is…

15. Plenary O.J had Kardashian!
If you were a defence lawyer in the trail of Macbeth, what line of defence would you give him at this point in the play?
O.J had Kardashian!

16. ENGAGE How does the number three play an important part in Macbeth?

17. Homophones – There/their/they’re
Learning Objective: To REVISE the development of Banquo’s character throughout the play.
Learning Outcome: To EVALUATE the character of Banquo by planning an essay response.
Literacy Objective:
Homophones – There/their/they’re
Correct the homophones

18. Literacy Objective Use the homophone their/there and they’re, write down THREE sentences about the play.
THERE – Place/location THEIR – belonging THEY’RE – shortened form of They are Example: The witches are so “withered and wild” in their attire.

19. Prepare a plan to answer (b). Include key quotes.
A Macbeth Exam Paper
Answer both part (a) and part (b).
You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on part (a), and about 40 minutes on part (b).
(a) Read the extract on the opposite page.
What does this extract show an audience about Lady Macbeth’s state of mind at this point in the play? Refer closely to details from the extract to support your answer. [15]
(b) Write about Banquo and the way he is presented in Macbeth. [25]
*5 of this question’s marks are allocated for accuracy in spelling, punctuation and the use of vocabulary and sentence structures.
Prepare a plan to answer (b). Include key quotes.

20. Suspicious of the Witches
Banquo
Suspicious of the Witches
Act 1, Scene 3
Moral
Suspicious of Macbeth
Act 2, Scene 1
Act 3, Scene 1
Murder
Act 3, Scene 3
Ghost
Act 3, Scene 4
Blow up to A3.

21. Write about Banquo and the way he is presented in Macbeth. [25]
PLAN
Comments on Banquo’s character and behaviour, e.g. his loyalty to the King
His meeting with the weird sisters and his reaction to them
His conversations with Macbeth
His relationship with Fleance
His murder
The appearance of his ghost at the banquet

22. WWW: EBI: Read the exemplar and give it an overall mark out of 25.
Be prepared to justify your response.
WWW:
EBI:

23. And don’t forget…

24. AO2: Some probing of language choice and imagery is offered.
PLAN
Comments on Banquo’s character and behaviour, e.g. his loyalty to the King
His meeting with the weird sisters and his reaction to them
His conversations with Macbeth
His relationship with Fleance
His murder
The appearance of his ghost at the banquet
AO1: The focus is mostly secure, and the candidate is certainly engaged; some sound selections and inferences are made, although ideas lack further development.
AO2: Some probing of language choice and imagery is offered.
Overall: This is a secure Band 3 response (11).
AO4 - SPAG 3/5

25. Write about Banquo and the way he is presented in Macbeth. [25]
Homework LP1/4
Use your completed staircases and plan to write your response to the question:
Write about Banquo and the way he is presented in Macbeth. [25]