Shakespeare Macbeth Year 9 English Homework Tasks Term

Shakespeare: Macbeth Year 9 | English Homework Tasks | Term: Autumn 1 | Topic: Shakespeare – Macbeth Instructions: Each week you will complete one piece of homework. This will be either one of the activities below, or revision from your Knowledge Organiser for a test in class. Your teacher will let you know what homework activity you’re doing and when this should be handed in. Homework activity: Skills being practiced: Reading Skills: Show your understanding of what you have read by using quotations and analysing the effect of these on the audience or reader. Produce a glossary for the following: • ambition, • supernatural, • guilt, • thane, • soliloquy, • manipulative, • iambic pentameter • superstition. For each term, write a definition and explain how it relates to the play. Writing Skills: Show off your range of vocabulary, your understanding of grammar and your ability to write creatively. Creative Challenge: You can present this piece of work in any way that you choose: make sure that Imagine you are a servant who has secretly witnessed the murder of King Duncan. Write an eyewitness account, using first person narrative. Don’t forget to include: • Who you saw; • Where you were; • What happened; • When this occurred; • Why you think this happened. Create a three page leaflet using each side to show the changes in either Macbeth or Lady Macbeth’s character. Think about: • before the murder of Duncan, • after the murder of Duncan, • their last scene. Use quotations and explain what the audience think of them at each stage. Include adjectives to describe each character. you think creatively! Research Challenge: You will need to use a computer or a library to help you find the information needed to complete this task. Research Jacobean beliefs about witches and witchcraft. Why did the Jacobeans believe in witchcraft? What kinds of people were thought to be witches? What happened to people who were thought to be witches? What did King James I write about them in his book, Daemonologie? OR Explode the following quotation from Write a description of Macbeth’s castle, one of the play’s main settings. Act 1, Scene 5: You can focus on the castle’s exterior “Look like the innocent flower walls, gates and turrets, or also think But be the serpent under it. ” about the rooms and corridors inside. Write an enhanced MQA answering Use a range of language and structure the question: How does Shakespeare methods, as well as a range of use language to present Lady punctuation. Macbeth? Design a poster advertising a new Research different production of Macbeth to be performed productions and adaptations at the Curve Theatre. of the play – how are they different? How are they Think about: similar? What are the staging • Your use of colour and costumes like? • Symbols and images • Persuasive techniques Present your findings in a • Quotations from the play mind-map or fact file. Don’t forget to check your spellings and word choice by using your Gem when completing your homework. These are available to buy on Parent Pay or from Mrs Parker, E 5.