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KS3 · Year 9 - Mastery · Term 2 - Macbeth: Ambition and Conscience · Week 7
Pages: Macbeth Acts 1-3 revision + HT1 assessment
HT1 assessment: 45-minute analytical essay on a key scene/character from Acts 1-3.
Lesson 1
What students do
Revisit three "anchor" scenes (1.3, 1.7, 2.2).
Task
Build a quotation bank of 12 quotations with methods.
Success criteria
Bank covers method and meaning.
Lesson 2
What students do
Walk-through: critic A says ambition; critic B says manipulation. Which?
Task
Frame an evaluation.
Success criteria
Structures an argument.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model a thesis-driven essay opening.
Task
Write thesis + first analytical paragraph for HT1 question.
Success criteria
Opening is conceptual.
Lesson 4
What students do
Peer-edit a partner's thesis using a checklist.
Task
Annotate two improvements per essay.
Success criteria
Critiques constructively.
Lesson 5
What students do
45-minute assessment.
Task
Write a thesis-driven essay on a key scene/character.
Success criteria
Sustains a thesis-led argument.
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