From the author of the best-selling Starting Shakespeare, a book of fascinating resources and lively activities introducing students to Shakespeare and ‘Macbeth’, and fully preparing them for the Key Stage 3 SATs Shakespeare element.
- Introducing the play (preparatory information and activities)
Putting on the play- An interview with… (various famous Elizabethan actors)
- Checkpoint (activities for written work following on from interview)
- Production notes for a key scene
- Focus on Shakespeare (an aspect of his life relevant to the play)
- The Elizabethan theatre (focus on an aspect relevant to the play)
Studying the play- Activities on genre
- Plot
- Characters
- Features of the play (i.e. language – such as soliloquy, blank verse, songs, prose, oratory)
- Focus on key speech
- Forum (questions, answers and discussion following on from work on the key speech)
- Comparison with another play (key speech or scene or character)
Preparing for SATs- Exam technique
- Revision (how to revise and activities)
- Model questions
- Homework
- ISBN10 0003230910
- ISBN13 9780003230918
- Publish Date 20 January 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 March 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Collins Educational
- Format Paperback
- Pages 48
- Language English
- URL http://collins.co.uk