Macbeth – Differentiation Through Process
Knowledge
(3 points each)
Comprehension
1. Choose 20 words from the play
that you do not understand, look up
their definitions, and create
flashcards.
4. Identify 10 events in the play
with respective causes and effects.
( 5 points each)
Application
( 7 points each)
7. How does Lady Macbeth's
behavior in Act 5, scene 1 affect the
way the audience sees her?
Analysis
10. Identify at least 10 figures of
(10 points each)
Synthesis
(15 points each)
Evaluation
(20 points each)
speech with no more than two from
the same category. You should
identify the act and scene and write
down the context in which it was
written.
13. Using examples from the play,
agree or disagree with the following
statement. It is easy to be strong
and resolute when there is no
pressure to do so. But can one do so
when there is pressure to do
otherwise?
16. Compare Macbeth to The Witch
of Blackbird Pond to discuss how
superstition might change human
behavior.
2. Why does Shakespeare open the
play by showing the witches? Why is
it good for Macbeth not to appear
first?
5. Choose your favorite quote from
the play and explain what made it
appealing to you.
8. Identify a few generalizations
(main messages) from the play and
explain how it is applicable even in
modern times.
11. How is sleep used as a symbol in
the play? Give examples.
3. Create a timeline that will be attractive, neat
and in color. Include the following elements in
your timeline:
(1) At least 10 important events.
2) At least 3 illustrations of the above events.
6. Rewrite the play so that it can be performed in
60 seconds. Your script should bring out the
story plot, the setting, the conflict and the
resolution.
9. What does the sleepwalking scene tell you
about Lady Macbeth’s state of mind? Explain the
irony of this change.
12. Collect a series of quotations that plot the
changes in Macbeth. For each of these
quotations, write a brief comment. Bring out the
conflicting nature of his character
(ambition/duty, bravery/fear, friend/foe)
14. Using the internet, research the
history behind the play.
15. Take a scene from the play and rewrite it to
reflect another place and time. Your characters
should be true to the setting and time period.
17. Choose one scene to watch (on
YouTube or United Streaming). Find
at least 3 differences and explain
what these are, and why you think
the production team may have made
these choices. You have to explain
what may have been lost and gained
through these choices.
18. Research the history of Scotland during the
time that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth. Is
Shakespeare referring to the troubled state of
the country through the troubled minds of
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth?
Choose activities from the above menu so that the points total up to 100.
Macbeth – Differentiation Through Process