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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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
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8. Plenary
How many of those 20 words can you remember now? Can you remember the names of the main characters from ‘Macbeth’?

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

10. 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.