1. Starter
What You Need:
Your Cloze Activity from last day. Ensure that you have every line filled in, because we will be taking this up.
Your Character Maps of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth from Monday’s homework.

2. Today’s Lesson Watch Act 2, scene 3 and 4. Character of Macbeth:
Act 2, scene 3: The discovery of King Duncan, murdered! Reactions of characters.
Act 2, scene 4: The unnatural world. Day is night! Animals turn on each other and mankind.
Character of Macbeth:
The Tragic hero
Conscience
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3. SEXY Paragraphs

4. Go beyond simple SEXY structure: SEXYXY
ESSAY – STRUCTURE
One paragraph
Introduction
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Go beyond simple SEXY structure: SEXYXY
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One paragraph
Conclusion

5. The Golden Rule Make a point Quote the best example Explain it clearly
Attack the ‘question’
Quote the best example
Explain it clearly
Unpack it in more detail

6. “UNPACKING” Quotations
State the language feature (eg metaphor)
Explain what it means
Explain why it is effective

7. Analysing Effectiveness 1
It is effective because:
it implies
it suggests
it has connotations of...
it connotes…
it alludes to…
It refers to…

8. Analysing Effectiveness 2
Ask, “Why did the author choose to say it like that?”
Why ‘the grin of the fox’
Substitute an alternative phrase and think, “Why not phrase it like that?”
Why not ‘the grin of a chicken”?
…because a fox is cunning, sly, sneaky, stealthy…. A chicken isn’t

9. The Predictable Paradigm
In the [text type] [text title] by [author’s name], [paraphrase the question]. [Author’s surname] uses a range of techniques such as [technique 1] and [technique 2] to [paraphrase question again]
BORING!

10. S E X Y SEXY paragraphs Statement Establishes the main idea.
Makes a statement to attack the topic.
Dogs are generally regarded as man’s best friend. E
Explanation
Expands/elaborates/develops/unpacks/clarifies the idea.
They are intelligent and faithful, as well as being easily trained to obey, unlike other pets such as cats or goldfish. X
Example
Evidence / quotations / specific reference to the text…
Guide dogs, sheep dogs, show dogs or just ordinary mutts” they all have a place in someone’s home and heart. Y
You add…
Give your opinion, explain the example, state why your point is relevant.
They will be your friends for life and repay over and over the attention you give them.

11. The Magic Sentence WRITER VERB TECHNIQUE PURPOSE THEME The author uses
setting
to show us
the significance of the supernatural as a catalyst for the plot
Shakespeare
chooses
minor characters
to reinforce
the qualities that distinguish a good ruler from a tyrant
The speaker
selects
symbols
to emphasise
the journey of the tragic hero
manipulates
motifs
to illustrate
the conflict between versions of reality (appearance)
takes the
foreshadowing
to represent
the struggled between fate and free will
employs
Biblical allusion
to develop
the deconstruction ambition can cause
extends the
rhyme
to highlight
the play’s overall position on time

12. Summary Strip away the predictable text selection
introductory paragraph
Foster independent thinking by providing structures
Banish some predictable ideas
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Magic sentence
Unpack Quotations thoroughly
Gimmicks can build relationships

13. Questions for Paragraphs
For Shakespeare’s Macbeth, analyse how language features (metaphor, simile, allusion, foreign words, hyperbole, alliteration….) help to illustrate the change in Macbeth from the beginning of the play to the end of Act 2.
For Shakespeare’s Macbeth, analyse how Macbeth is depicted as a tragic hero. (Choose how you would like to analyse Macbeth’s destiny, using symbolism, themes, motifs, simile, allusion, hyperbole…)