PLOT.
Help your students master the plot of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Plot Summaries
Break the text down into manageable chunks, and refresh your students’ memories with key quotes.
Activities
Activity 1
Print off the scene-by-scene synopsis, cut it into strips, and see if your class can re-assemble it correctly after watching the summary videos above.
Activity 2
Divide your class into small groups, and assign each group a scene from the synopsis. The students should create a freeze-frame to represent their scene. You could get groups to guess what each others’ freeze-frames represent, or have each group present back in turn.
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