Macbeth Act 2 Quiz and Close Reading Worksheets Bundle

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 2 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth with this bundle of formative assessments. Included are the following: a multiple choice quiz on characters and plot, seven close reading worksheets addressing the author’s craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Identify what the text states both explicitly and implicitly
• Discern the intended effect of Shakespeare’s diction
• Analyze language and articulate its intended effect
• Discern tone in context
• Determine the function of a given excerpt
• Define complex and archaic words as they are used in the text
• Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Compare the characters of Banquo and Macbeth
• Consider the symbolism of sleep and diamonds in context
• Apply knowledge of literary devices such as personification, hyperbole, simile, allusion, dramatic irony, and situational irony
• Identify the best textual evidence in support of claims and inferences
• Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision