Lesson Plan

Friday, October 13, 2017

Macbeth Creative Writing
Mr. Neal Hoover
Essential Questions:
1. What characteristics make a character dynamic?
2. Name an important scene you have read thus far into Macbeth.
3. Who is your favorite character to this point, and why?
Objectives:
1. Students will be able to identify a characters traits and explain their relationships with
other characters with 2 or less errors.
2. Students will be able to discuss with their peers the connection their characters have with
the characters their peers chose with 1 or less errors.
3. Students will understand the plot development from what they have read up to this point
in Macbeth with 3 or less errors.
PA CORE Standards:
1. CC.1.2.9-10.H: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text,
assessing the validity of reasoning and relevance of evidence.
2. CC.1.2.9-10.D: Determine an authors particular point of view and analyze how rhetoric
advances the point of view.
3. CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the
course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details.
Bell Ringer Activity:
1. Who is your favorite character in Macbeth so far and why?
Pedagogy and Procedure:
1. Hold bell ringer discussion
a. Allow students a maximum of 5 minutes to discuss their favorite characters
2. Display an example of the Facebook profile they will be completing
a. Explain what is expected of them
i. Character traits, relationships with other characters, at least three wall
posts from other characters about their relationship to each other, at least 3
likes/interests
3. Have students work on their own profile with a character of their choosing
a. Give students 15 minutes to work on their profile
4. Gather students in groups to discuss what they have written
a. Discuss their posts with other characters and how they relate
b. What does their relationship foreshadow about the tragedy?
c. What do they want to know more about further into the reading?
5. Closure question after discussion between peers
Texts and Materials:
1. Macbeth Text
2. Facebook template
Closure:
1. Discuss the relationships between the different characters from Macbeth
Assessment:
1. Pair up with 1-3 people next to you with a different character and analyze the relationship
each have thus far through Macbeth.