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Unit Title:

Macbeth

Time Frame: Three weeks

Course:

English 3-4

Grade Level: Sophomore

CURRICULUM/STANDARDS
Appropriate national, state or district curriculum or standards that align to this unit:
(9-10.RL.2) Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of
the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of
the text.
(9-10.RL.3) Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the
course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
(9-10.RL.7) Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including
what is emphasized or absent in each treatment
(9-10.RL.10) By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at
the high end of the grades 910 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
(9-10.RL.4) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and
connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the
language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
KEY THEMES/QUESTIONS
Does fate guide human lives or do we decide our own fate?
Is Shakespeare still relevant to contemporary life?

ASSESSMENT
Assessments that will be used to gauge student learning.

Quizzes (multiple choice and short answer): one quiz per Act

RESOURCES/MATERIALS
Copyrighted materials:
Book: Signet Classic Macbeth (copies available from Mountain View school library; class sets available)
Copyrighted Material: 2005 Michael Bogdanov and Tim Supple directed production of Macbeth, available from
University of Arizona library; allowed use for educational purposes
TED talk: Hip-Hop and Shakespeare?: available on YouTube
No Fear Shakespeare: available online http://nfs.sparknotes.com/macbeth/
Teacher-Created Materials:
Notetaker on Hip Hop and Shakespeare? and poetic meter and Shakespearean language
Graphic organizer on major characters and their motivations
Materials already created:
Vocab Prezis (created by Mountain View English department)
Fate anticipatory activity
Additional Copies to be made:
Copies of selected speeches from play
Resources in class:
Dictionaries
Construction paper, markers, scissors and adhesive for word wall

Unit Calendar

MONDAY
March 23rd
Vocab Prezi
Brainstorming
prior knowledge
about
Shakespeare
Start Hip Hop
and
Shakespeare?
video

TUESDAY
March 24th
Vocab bellwork
Hip Hop and
Shakespeare?
video
Introduce poetic
meter and
Shakespearean
language
(notetaker)

WEDNESDAY
March 25th
Vocab bellwork
Fate
anticipatory
activity
(handout/
notetaker)
Brainstorm prior
knowledge
about witches
Start reading
Scene I and II
(start in class; what is
not finished is
homework)

THURSDAY
March 26th
Vocab Bellwork
Start reading:
Scene III and IV
Read no fear
Shakespeare
version as well:
compare

FRIDAY
March 27th
Read Macbeth
in class, Scene
V
Start creating
vocabulary word
wall; continue to
add to it
throughout unit
Start in
class/finish for
homework:
Scene VI and VII
for homework
(9-10.RL.4)

(9-10.RL.2)

March 30th
March 31st
Vocab prezi
Vocab bellwork
Act I Review
Act I Quiz
Start filling out
graphic
organizer for
major
characters
motivations:
What do I want?
What am I willing
to do to get it?
What is in my way?
On whom can I
rely, and whom do
I fear?
(9-10.RL.3)

April 1st
Vocab bellwork
Start in class,
finish as
homework: Act
II, Scene I and II

April 7th
Act II Quiz
Start in class,
finish as
homework: Act
III, Scene I and
II

April 8th
Vocab Review
Show films clips
from 2005 film
Homework: Act
III, Scene III and
IV
(9-10.RL.7)

April 6th
Act II review

Start in-class
activity:
students, in
groups, given
speech to
translate to
contemporary
language

April 2nd
Vocab bellwork
Student
continue work
on speech
translation
activity.
Homework: Act
II, Scene III

April 9th
Vocab Review
Show film clips
from 2005 film
Homework: Act
III, Scene V
(9-10.RL.7)

April 3rd
Students
present speech
translation
activity
Homework: Act
II, Scene IV

April 10th
VOCAB QUIZ
Start in class,
finish as
homework: Act
III, Scene VI