Macbeth Lesson Plan | Unit Objectives
1. Through reading Shakespeare's Macbeth students will gain a better understanding of the traditional theme of good vs. evil.
2. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the text on four levels: factual, interpretive, critical and personal.
3. Students will analyze characters to better understand motivation for action.
4. As they are exposed to the path of the main character's personal development (or perhaps degeneration), students will see the consequences of greed.
5. Students will learn that political struggles for power within a government are a part of any historical era, not just modern times.
6. Students will be exposed to background information about Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and Macbeth.
7. Students will examine Shakespeare's use of language.
8. Students will be given the opportunity to practice reading aloud and silently to improve their skills in each area.
9. Students will answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in Macbeth as they relate to the author's theme development.
10. Students will enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the play through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the play.
11. The writing assignments in this unit are geared to several purposes:
a. To have students demonstrate their abilities to inform, to persuade, or to express their own personal ideas
Note: Students will demonstrate ability to write effectively to inform by developing and organizing facts to convey information. Students will demonstrate the ability to write effectively to persuade by selecting and organizing relevant information, establishing an argumentative purpose, and by designing an appropriate strategy for an identified audience. Students will demonstrate the ability to write effectively to express personal ideas by selecting a form and its appropriate elements.
b. To check the students' reading comprehension
c. To make students think about the ideas presented by the play