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KS3 · Year 9 - Mastery · Term 2 - Macbeth: Ambition and Conscience · Week 9
Pages: Macbeth 4.3
Malcolm tests Macduff in England, listing kingly virtues. News of Macduff's family galvanises rebellion.
Lesson 1
What students do
Close read Malcolm's list of "king-becoming graces".
Task
Map virtues against Macbeth's tyranny.
Success criteria
Reads structurally.
Lesson 2
What students do
Discuss: why does Malcolm need to test Macduff? Is this scene dramatically weak?
Task
Frame a structured response.
Success criteria
Argues analytically.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model contrast paragraphs: Macbeth's tyranny vs Malcolm's virtue.
Task
Draft a comparative paragraph across scenes.
Success criteria
Links Acts 3 and 4.
Lesson 4
What students do
Analyse Macduff's grief ("he has no children").
Task
Paragraph on masculinity and grief.
Success criteria
Sustains analytical control.
Lesson 5
What students do
Plan a paragraph on kingship as moral category.
Task
Write a developed paragraph using Y9 stems.
Success criteria
Argues conceptually.
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