MACBETH


 * Tuesday 17th April to Friday 21st April**
 * Making videos of 'Macbeth in Ten Minutes'


 * Tuesday 27th March**
 * Continue with 'Macbeth in Ten Minutes' using the Google Docs ... this to be completed ready to perform by end of spring break

500-1000 words; //Turnitin// by Thursday
 * Thursday 22nd March**
 * Discuss theme of 'deception' in Macbeth
 * Identify examples
 * Homework**
 * Essay: 'How does //Macbeth// dramatise the idea that 'looks can be deceiving'?'


 * Tuesday 20th March**
 * Act V : v (news of Lady M's death and of advancing wood)
 * Watch BBC Act V : v - ix (the end)
 * Homework:**
 * Learn Macbeth's speech Act V : v


 * Friday 16th March**
 * Act V : ii (Thanes desert), iii (Macbeth defiant/barmy), iv (trees as camouflage)
 * Continue 'Macbeth in 10 minutes'
 * Watch BBC Act V : ii - iv


 * Thursday 15th March**
 * Act V : i (Lady Macbeth sleepwalking)
 * Watch BBC Act V : i


 * Tuesday 13th March**
 * Act IV : iii (from line 161 ... Ross brings news of death of Lady Macduff to Malcolm and Macduff)
 * Homework:**
 * Write journal entries for Ross, Malcolm and Macduff following this scene (//turnitin// by Thursday)


 * Friday 9th March**
 * Continue 'Macbeth in 10 minutes'
 * Watch Polanski (Part 2: up to killing of Lady Macduff)


 * Thursday 8th March**
 * Continue 'Macbeth in 10 minutes'


 * Tuesday 6th March**
 * Act III : vi (Lennox & Lord) and Act IV : i (end ... Macbeth & Lennox)
 * Worksheet on above (here is my new super-duper improved worksheet, if you would like to do it:
 * Watch BBC production of Act III : iv (after Lords depart) to end of Act IV : ii (murder of Lady Macduff)
 * Homework:**
 * Script conversation between Duncan, Banquo and Lady Macduff up in heaven, looking down on poor Scotland


 * Thursday 1st March**
 * Act III : iv (after seeing Banquo's Ghost) and Act IV : i (Macbeth revisits the witches)
 * Homework:**
 * worksheet on visit to the witches

//A cold damp night. Lennox and Ross are riding home from Macbeth's castle.// Ross: What do you think about all that, then? Lennox: Very strange, wasn't it. Ross: ......
 * Tuesday 28th February**
 * Act III : iv ... how do the characters speak ... adverbs
 * Watch BBC production of Act III : iv (to where the Lords depart)
 * Homework: Complete the following scene. (It is not necessary to use Shakespearean language!)**
 * Macbeth Act 3 Scene 4½


 * Friday 24th February**
 * Act III : ii ... (changing relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth)
 * Students act out the dialogue according to different prompts
 * Watch BBC production of Act III : i-iii (including murder of Banquo)


 * Thursday 23rd February**
 * Act III : i ... (Macbeth and the Murderers) ... in pairs, complete worksheet:


 * Friday 17th February**
 * continue Act II of 'Macbeth in 10 minutes'
 * watch Acts I & II of Polanski's //Macbeth//
 * Homework:**
 * finish Act II of 'Macbeth in 10 minutes'


 * Thursday 16th February**
 * 'Macbeth in 10 minutes' ... Identify key lines in each of the scenes of Act II


 * Tuesday 14th February**
 * Act II : iii-iv
 * watch Act II
 * Homework:**
 * newspaper front page after murder of Duncan and coronation of Macbeth (//Turnitin// by midnight Thursday 16th February)


 * Friday 10th February**

Act II : ii Watch scenes i & ii journal entries at end of Act II : ii (after murder of Duncan):
 * Homework:**
 * Macbeth
 * Lady Macbeth


 * Thursday 9th February**
 * Macbeth Act II : i


 * Tuesday 7th February**
 * 'Macbeth in 10 minutes' ... Identify key lines in each of the scenes of Act I

journal entries at end of Act I : vii (after Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have decided to kill Duncan): //Turnitin// by Tuesday 7th February
 * Friday 3rd February**
 * Macbeth I : vii
 * Watch whole of Act 1
 * Homework:**
 * Macbeth
 * Lady Macbeth


 * Thursday 2nd February**
 * Macbeth I : vi
 * Homework:**
 * journal entry for Lady Macbeth after I : v (after Lady Macbeth has received Macbeth's letter and has suggested to Macbeth that they should kill Duncan)


 * Tuesday 31st January**
 * Macbeth I : v ... Lady Macbeth
 * Homework:**
 * begin constructing a table giving summaries of each scene

Choose **one** of the following assignments:
 * Friday 27th January**
 * Macbeth I : iii ... Witches' prophecy ... Macbeth named 'Thane of Cawdor'
 * I : iv ... King Duncan names Malcolm his heir ... depart for Macbeth's castle
 * Homework:**
 * newspaper reports of the public events depicted in Act I : i - iv
 * Macbeth's journal given his thoughts about the experiences depicted in Act I : i - iv


 * Thursday 26th January**
 * Macbeth I : ii ... Duncan hears news of Macbeth's military exploits in defeating the rebels and the Norwegian invasion


 * Tuesday 24th January**
 * Macbeth I : i ... Witches