Teacher guidance
• Please print a copy of the drama methods for each student to fill in.
• The students will first start the lesson by brainstorming their
knowledge of dramatic methods and complete a worksheet.
• Students will then explore tragedy and use a diagram to plot the
events that they can recall from Macbeth.
• Students will then watch a video summary to refresh their memory of
the play and add any extra information in purple pen.
• For the plenary, students will apply their knowledge of dramatic
methods and the play to decide what they think is the most effective
dramatic method.
Learning Objective 1: To examine the plot of Macbeth.
Linking Time (5 – 10 minutes)
Plays are
supposed to
be acted
Individual task:
What elements do you expect to find in drama?
Mind map your ideas
Drama
Challenge: How does drama differ from prose?
Super challenge: Can you recall any dramatic methods that we
explored last year?
Success Criteria:
- Analyse the components of a drama piece.
- Examine the plot of Macbeth.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of dramatical methods in Maacbeth.
Plays include
stage
directions
Make notes in
your
book whilst
watching the
video
Critically Think – Paired work
TASK:
ACP
Check
Based on what you can remember from
last year, use the Aristotle’s plot structure
to pinpoint some of the main events from
Macbeth.
Challenge: Can you add any quotes onto
your diagram?
Literacy Toolkit:
 Exposition : a comprehensive description
and explanation of an idea or theory
 Denouement: the final part of a play or a
narrative
Critical or logical thinking: The ability to deduct, hypothesise, reason, seek supporting evidence
VAA
Check
Realise what you have done previously
Individual task:
Whilst watching the
video summary, plot any
extra events on your
diagram in PURPLE PEN
that you might have
missed.
Automaticity: The ability to use some skills with such ease as they no longer require active thinking
ACP
Check
VAA
Check
Risky Learning
ACP
Check
Individual task:
Using your devices, explore some
aspects of drama by completing and
filling in the gaps in the worksheet!
Challenge:
Explore ONE other dramatic method
that you think can be linked to
Macbeth and provide an example.
Risk-taking: The ability to demonstrate confidence; experiment with novel ideas and effects; speculate willingly;
work in unfamiliar contexts; avoid coming to premature conclusions; tolerate uncertainty.
VAA
Check
Meta moment – Plenary
Considering all of the
dramatic methods that we
explored today, with a
partner, discuss and choose
ONE that you think is the
most important in driving and
adding onto the plot of
Macbeth.
Self-regulation: The ability to monitor, evaluate and self-correct
ACP
Check
VAA
Check