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This one-hour lesson is designed to guide students through Lady Macbeth’s persuasive techniques in Act 1, Scene 7, focusing on how she manipulates Macbeth to commit murder. Ideal for key stage 3 or key stage 4 classes studying Macbeth, this resource is tailored towards developing students language and literature skills and providing them with a range of practice opportunities.

What’s included:

  • Complete PowerPoint with step-by-step teacher instructions—ready to download and teach.
  • Ready-to-print worksheet for students to label and explain Lady Macbeth’s use of persuasive techniques.

Learning Objective:
Students will analyse how Lady Macbeth persuades and manipulates Macbeth using powerful rhetorical techniques.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify the persuasive strategies Lady Macbeth uses.
  • Practice applying these techniques in both analysis and through writing your own examples.
  • Write an analytical paragraph exploring the effects of her language.

Lesson Outline:
Do It Now Activity: Persuade the teacher for extra game time.
Starter: Introduction to key persuasive techniques.
Activity 1: Annotate the worksheet, labeling persuasive methods and explaining their effects.
Activity 2: Write an analytical paragraph answering, “How does Lady Macbeth manipulate Macbeth?”
Peer Assessment to evaluate analytical writing.
Activity 3: Write a persuasive letter using Lady Macbeth’s rhetorical techniques.
Plenary: Reflect on the power dynamics between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

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This bundle contains: * A detailed lesson on the context of Macbeth. * A detailed knowledge organiser containing key quotes, facts about Shakespeare and a character summary! * A detailed lesson introducing the characters and themes of the play (including all teacher instructions). * A detailed lesson introducing the themes in act 1 scene 1. * A lesson introducing Macbeth in act 1 scene 2. * A detailed lesson on act 1 scenes 3 and 4 focusing on language analysis. * A detailed lesson on act 1 scene 5 analysing Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy. * A lesson examining the persuasive techniques used by Lady Macbeth in act 1 scene 7. * A lesson guiding students to analysing Macbeth’s soliloquy in act 2 scene 1. * A lesson on independent STEAL analysis in act 2 scene 2. * A lesson on dramatic tension in act 2 scene 3. * A lesson on the descent of Macbeth in Act 3 Scene 2. * A lesson on close language analysis of Banquo's Ghost scene in Act 3 Scene 4. * A prediction and inference lesson on Act 3 Scenes 5 and 6. * A lesson on analysis of Act 4 Scene 1. * A lesson on analysis of Act 4 Scenes 2 and 3. * An extension task/homework sheet for further application of the skills analysed in act 1 scene 7. * Detailed character profiles of the five main characters: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, King Duncan, Banquo and the three witches. * A Shakespeare pub-style quiz with 40 questions about the Bard! * A homework menu to give students ownership over their extended study. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the [LikeAnExpert](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/LikeAnExpert) shop.

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