Predictions
L.O. To understand and be able to explain the thoughts
and feelings of key characters in the play.
Starter: Match the word to its
meaning.
1. Superstition
2. Powerful
3. Inherit
A. When something is passed on
after somebody dies.
B. Beliefs in good and bad luck.
C. When someone is able to
control things around them.
Shakespeare’s England:
What do you already know
Write Round Robin
•Pupil A starts by writing one thing
they know about what England was like
in the 1500s.
•Pupil B writes something else, and so
on.
•Use the pictures on the sheet to help
you.
Shakespeare’s England:
• Unlike today, the king or queen held
all the power.
• Power was passed from father to
first son
• People believed that kings and
queens were given the right to rule
by God.
• HOWEVER, the king or queen had to
watch out as there were lots of
power hungry people out to take their
crown.
Shakespeare’s England:
• People were very superstitious.
• They believed in witch craft and
black magic.
• They could not explain things
using science so they had to
find other explanations.
Reading the scene:
• Macbeth and Banquo are on their way home after
winning a battle.
• Macbeth is the Thane (Lord) of Glanis
• They meet 3 strange women who give them
predictions of what will happen in the future.
As we read the scene, try to find the answers to these
questions:
1. What new
position(jobs) do the
witches tell Macbeth
he will have.
2. What will Banquo’s sons
be?
3. How does Macbeth feel
about the witch’s
predictions?
Thought Tracking
If you can see the
future, tell me
what’s going to
happen to me.
•
We don’t always say exactly
what we are thinking and nor do
characters in plays and films.
•
Your task is to work as a table
to choose something either
Macbeth or Banquo say and
decide what the character is
thinking when they say it.
•
Write your idea in the thought
bubble.
•
Create a freeze frame of the
scene which shows what the
character
they are
SAYS and what
THINKING.
Freeze Frames
. To understand and be able to explain the thoughts and
feelings of key characters in the play.
Macbeth’s progress:
•Turn to your English
notebook.
•On your word list,
write a different word
that you think describe
the character of
Macbeth at the end of
this scene.
1. Traumatised
2. Brave
3. ............
Writing Task
• In at least two paragraphs, write a response to the following question:
How does Shakespeare present Macbeth in Act 1, Scene 3 upon meeting the witches and then after meeting the witches? Select lines from the scene to show how the language used by Shakespeare depicts (presents) Macbeth and explain how certain words position the audience to believe things about Macbeth.