ACT 5 Lady Macbeth analysis 3 LEVELS OF DIFFERENTIATION

Do you have an extremely mixed ability Stage 5 class?

I definitely did.

This resource is three different versions of a Lady Macbeth deconstruction worksheet, catering three different levels of student ability. The aim is to have students analyse Lady Macbeth’s characterisation at one of the most critical moments of her character arc.

The problem: Macbeth is a complex play, and trying to digest it in its entirey can be cognitive overload for some of our students.

The solution: I’ve gone through and hand picked just a few extracts that help illuminate the point in which Lady Macbeth begins to spiral. Not in entire Acts or even scenes but just a few passages.

Then, I’ve written some guiding questions to help our students deconstruct the quotes in question. The guiding questions vary in level and the higher ability students will be able to contemplate the intersection between context and the text. All levels accumulate to a writing task at the end.

What’s Included:

Three different versions of worksheets that cover:

1). Guided annotations

2). Short answer questions that uses the annotations

3). Consolidating analytical paragraph questions.

Personally, I put students into groups to complete this task so that students could help one another and share ideas. However, depending on your class’ ability this can be completed individually also.

Saved as a Word document for editing and printing ease.