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KS3 · Year 9 - Mastery · Term 2 - Macbeth: Ambition and Conscience · Week 6
Pages: Macbeth Act 3
Macbeth becomes tyrant: Banquo's murder, the ghost at the banquet, growing isolation. James I claimed descent from Banquo.
Lesson 1
What students do
Close read 3.1 soliloquy: fear of Banquo, syntactic control.
Task
Annotate paranoia's linguistic markers.
Success criteria
Reads for psychological state.
Lesson 2
What students do
Discuss: is the ghost real or psychological?
Task
Argue using staging evidence.
Success criteria
Sustains a fluent contribution.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model linking across acts: "Macbeth's descent from Act 1's hesitation to Act 3's tyranny reflects…".
Task
Write a cross-act analytical sentence.
Success criteria
Tracks development.
Lesson 4
What students do
Analyse the banquet scene's dramatic structure.
Task
Paragraph on isolation, embedded quotation.
Success criteria
Quotations integrated.
Lesson 5
What students do
Plan HT1 assessment: tyranny vs ambition.
Task
Produce a full essay plan with thesis and 3 points.
Success criteria
Plan is conceptual.
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