Macbeth Act 3 Quiz and Close Reading Worksheets Bundle

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 3 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth with this bundle of formative assessments. Included are the following: a multiple choice quiz on characters and plot, six close reading worksheets addressing the author’s craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will:

• Identify what the text states both explicitly and implicitly
• Define challenging words as they are used in the text
• Explore cause-and-effect relationships
• Discern tone in context
• Determine the function of given details
• Examine how characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Compare characters in the play
• Analyze Shakespeare’s incorporation of religious imagery to articulate what it implies about Macbeth
• Apply knowledge of literary devices such as allusion, metaphor, euphemism, hyperbole, allusion, callback, situational irony, and more
• Consider the symbolism of sleep, diamonds, and an extinguished light in context
• Make logical inferences about Elizabethan culture and its perspective on the supernatural
• Support inferences and claims with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
• Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision