11LIA MACBETH Creative SAC
Creative Response Topics-select 1 topic
Produce an original piece of writing using the style/setting/theme of the play.
a) Comic strip
b) Write a story of your own on a similar theme
c) Rewrite a section as a script for a TV
d) Write a piece of historical fiction describing an important figure or event
Produce a new piece of writing that could be added to the text
a) Script a prologue or epilogue
b) An additional scene (script or storyboard)
c) Diary entry by the main character about an event or person in the film
d) Insert a monologue that reveals a minor or major characters thoughts to the audience at a
critical point in the plot
e) Rewrite a section of the text from another characters perspective
Rewrite part of the text by changing its setting or adapting it to a different form
a) Setting- A different era and or country that has experienced a change of leader
b) Form –Manga, fantasy, sci-fi, super hero, fairy tale
CREATIVE SAC TASKS
Write a letter
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To Fleance from a Lord, telling him about the feast at which Banquo’s ghost appeared
From Lady Macbeth’s nurse to a friend, telling her about the sickness and death of her
mistress
Write a diary entry
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Lady Macduff after Macduff has left for England
Macduff after the tragic news of his family’s murder has been broken to him
Lady Macbeth immediately after the banquet scene
Banquo on the night of and the morning after Duncan’s death
Malcolm after defeating Macbeth’s armies
Write an obituary for-Lady Macduff and her family, Banquo, Macbeth or Duncan
Write a news report: Imagine that you are a journalist for a tabloid newspaper.
Prepare a special feature report that covers the major events of the play. Give your report a
headline, and image with caption.
Write detailed theatrical notes
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Imagine that you are a theatre director. Choose one of the characters from the play and
write a detailed set of instructions for the actor you have chosen to play that role. Ensure
your instructions concentrate on elements such as: pace, volume of speech, facial
expressions, gestures and mannerisms for one key scene.
Imagine that you are a stage designer preparing for a forthcoming production of Macbeth.
Explain in detail how you intend to deal with the following technical challenges:
Banquo’s ghost
the vanishing witches
the visions conjured up in the witches den
Birnam wood coming to Dunsinane
Rewrite a section: Write part of one of the scenes as a chapter from a modern novel. This will
require you to fill in some of the details of the setting, incorporating dialogue into the flow of your
writing, and give some idea of what characters are thinking, even in places where they do not have a
soliloquy or aside. Make sure you use modern language.
Write a report: Write a psychiatric report for Lady Macbeth. Describe her symptoms and speculate
on possible causes of her condition. Use modern language to write your report.
Write a soliloquy: Give Lady Macbeth a final moment of clarity before her death and write her dying
soliloquy (10-20 lines in length). Make sure you employ Shakespearean language and devices.
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