Starter
What You Need:
• Your Cloze Activity from last day. Ensure that
you have every line filled in, because we will
be taking this up.
• Your Character Maps of Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth from Monday’s homework.
Today’s Lesson
• Watch Act 2, scene 3 and 4.
– Act 2, scene 3: The discovery of King Duncan,
murdered! Reactions of characters.
– Act 2, scene 4: The unnatural world. Day is night!
Animals turn on each other and mankind.
• Character of Macbeth:
– The Tragic hero
– Conscience
• SEXY paragraphs
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ESSAY – STRUCTURE
One paragraph
Introduction
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Go beyond
simple SEXY
structure: SEXYXY
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Conclusion
One paragraph
The Golden Rule
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Make a point
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Attack the ‘question’
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Quote the best example
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Explain it clearly
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Unpack it in more detail
“UNPACKING” Quotations
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State the language feature
(eg metaphor)
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Explain what it means
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Explain why it is effective
Analysing Effectiveness 1
It is effective because:
 it implies
 it suggests
 it has connotations of...
 it connotes…
 it alludes to…
 It refers to…
Analysing Effectiveness 2
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Ask, “Why did the author choose to say it like
that?”
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Why ‘the grin of the fox’
Substitute an alternative phrase and think,
“Why not phrase it like that?”
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Why not ‘the grin of a chicken”?
…because a fox is cunning, sly, sneaky,
stealthy…. A chicken isn’t
The Predictable Paradigm
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In the [text type] [text title] by [author’s
name], [paraphrase the question].
[Author’s surname] uses a range of
techniques such as [technique 1] and
[technique 2] to [paraphrase question
again]
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BORING!
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S
Statement
Establishes the main idea.
Makes a statement to
attack the topic.
Dogs are generally regarded as
man’s best friend.
E
Explanation
Expands/elaborates/devel
ops/unpacks/clarifies the
idea.
They are intelligent and faithful,
as well as being easily trained to
obey, unlike other pets such as
cats or goldfish.
X
Example
Evidence / quotations /
specific reference to the
text…
Guide dogs, sheep dogs, show
dogs or just ordinary mutts” they
all have a place in someone’s
home and heart.
Y
You add…
Give your opinion, explain
the example, state why
your point is relevant.
They will be your friends for life
and repay over and over the
attention you give them.
The Magic Sentence
WRITER
VERB
TECHNIQUE
PURPOSE
THEME
The author
uses
setting
to show us
the significance of the
supernatural as a catalyst
for the plot
Shakespeare
chooses
minor characters
to reinforce
the qualities that distinguish
a good ruler from a tyrant
The speaker
selects
symbols
to emphasise
the journey of the tragic
hero
manipulates
motifs
to illustrate
the conflict between
versions of reality (appearance)
takes the
foreshadowing
to represent
the struggled between fate
and free will
employs
Biblical allusion
to develop
the deconstruction
ambition can cause
extends the
rhyme
to highlight
the play’s overall position on
time
Summary
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Strip away the predictable
 text selection
 introductory paragraph
Foster independent thinking by providing structures
 Banish some predictable ideas
 SEXY paragraphs
 Magic sentence
Unpack Quotations thoroughly
Gimmicks can build relationships
Questions for Paragraphs
1)
For Shakespeare’s Macbeth, analyse how
language features (metaphor, simile, allusion,
foreign words, hyperbole, alliteration….) help to
illustrate the change in Macbeth from the
beginning of the play to the end of Act 2.
2)
For Shakespeare’s Macbeth, analyse how
Macbeth is depicted as a tragic hero. (Choose
how you would like to analyse Macbeth’s destiny,
using symbolism, themes, motifs, simile, allusion,
hyperbole…)