A poster making activity focusing on the key symbols within the play. This activity is used as a jigsaw tool, to help students think critically and teach one another about the symbolism within the play in a non-threatening way. A great Friday afternoon lesson!! These posters can be used to initiate class discussions, revision, essay ideas, paragraph writing or just as classroom decoration.

Freshen up your classroom in the back to school season today with these ready to print posters! Each poster includes a quote from the play with the act/scene/line number, character that speaks the line, the relevant theme and a simple symbol to trigger memory. They are also color coded according to the theme and all posters come in a high quality A2 image which can be reduced to A4. These Macbeth quote classroom posters are perfect for those who want revision or to help their students memorise quotes. These posters can be used to initiate class discussions, revision, essay ideas, paragraph writing or just as classroom decoration. I personally have been looking for posters that: Reflect the key themes of the quotes and play Aren’t too chaotic and are easy to read Are consistent with my personal, minimalistic style. I couldn’t really find any, so I decided to make my own and why not share them? Offered as a PDF for Print. Quotes in this pack: Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? Act 2, scene 2, lines 55–56 Out, damned spot; out, I say. Act 5, scene 1, lines 30–34 O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife! Act 3, scene 2, line 37 Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Act 1, scene 5, lines 63-64–34 There’s no art To find the mind’s construction in the face. Act 1, Scene 4 line 11-12 Out, out, brief candle. Act 5, scene 5, line 22 Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. Act 5, scene 5, lines 23–25

This is a vocabulary worksheet is a totally FREE resource to help either frontload or revise sophisticated language for your students’ critical analysis of Macbeth. Are you sick of your students writing super simple essays? Or are they just trying to plug in random words from the thesaurus? Are you trying to get your students to think and write from the text as a PLAY, honour the dramatic form? If so, let me save you some time and potential frustration. Lift the sophistication of your students’ essays through this very simple but effective document! This can be used in class or as homework! What’s included in this worksheet: A definition activity concerned with… Key concepts with example sentences relevant to Macbeth Key elements of the Aristotelian Tragic Form Dramatic devices Analytical language to help elevate the sophistication of students’ essays! FOR MORE QUALITY MACBETH RESOURCES, SEE HERE: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12844947 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12844946

Do you need FUN but ACADEMIC lessons on persuasive language techniques to improve your students’ media literacy skills? This resource is a FOUR SECTION unit, each section lasting about two to three lessons (2 hours) to walk your students through different lenses to analyse advertisements. We look at FUN commercials (such as infomercials, old school Iphone ads and advertisements that appeal to specific groups of children such as those related to make up and sports) These slides provide students the front loading to create their own effective ads but ALSO to write about them in an academic way. What’s Included: The basics of advertising Pathos, logos, ethos Persuasive techniques Analysis practise Activities and extra prompts for teachers in the Presenters’ notes!! This resource is so straightforward that a covering teacher could easily pick it up and run with it! 4 sections and 54 slides!!