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KS3 · Year 9 - Mastery · Term 2 - Macbeth: Ambition and Conscience · Week 3
Pages: Macbeth 1.1-1.3
The witches open with paradox ("fair is foul") and seed Macbeth's ambition through equivocal prophecy.
Lesson 1
What students do
Close read 1.1 and witches' chant in 1.3 for trochaic rhythm and paradox.
Task
Annotate metre, paradox, and triadic structure.
Success criteria
Identifies form and rhythm precisely.
Lesson 2
What students do
Debate: do the witches cause or merely reveal Macbeth's ambition?
Task
Take a position with two textual moments.
Success criteria
Weighs multiple interpretations.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model embedded quotation: Macbeth "starts" at the prophecy, suggesting latent ambition.
Task
Write three sentences embedding quotations fluently.
Success criteria
Quotations integrated mid-sentence.
Lesson 4
What students do
Analyse equivocation in the witches' speech.
Task
Write an analytical paragraph using "Shakespeare presents… which reflects…".
Success criteria
Uses precise terminology (equivocation, trochaic).
Lesson 5
What students do
Develop a thesis on the witches' dramatic function.
Task
Write a thesis + one analytical paragraph.
Success criteria
Paragraph is method-led and conceptual.
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