Macbeth Quotes

This is an activity that was implemented in an English through Drama classroom as a

frontloading exercise for William Shakespeares Macbeth.
Critical Learning Objectives:
SWBAT:
Cognitive (know/understand):
Students will understand that actors act lines, not simply say them.
Affective (feel/value) and/or Non-Cognitive:
Students will value the appropriate behavior for an audience.
Performance (do):
Students will be able to perform lines from Macbeth.
Procedures/Instructional Strategies
[Note: Any words that represent what I would say directly to students appear in italics.]
Beginning Room Arrangement:
Students are arranged around a conference table, with the projector screen at its head.
1. [5 mins.] Opening to lesson: Warm Up
- Pass out Macbeth quote cards to each student. Instruct the students to not share their cards with
their classmates.
- Stand in a circle.
- Get a feel of your card. What is it saying?
- All together, everyone will say their quote out loud.
- Are there some words that you do not understand?
2. [5 mins.] Step 1: Round One
- Students will walk around the room, approaching each student and read them their card. The
other student will return the favor.
3. [15 mins.] Step 2: How to Perform a Line
- Explain to the students that actors do not just walk around the room saying lines. They act
them.
- Stand in a circle again and say your line out loud with as much gusto as possible. This should
be done all together.
- Partner with someone and talk about what someone would do if they were performing this line.
What voice would they use? What gesture? What body language?
- Practice performing the line with the gesture and voice the student picked
4. [10 mins.] Step 3: Performances
- Another round of going around the room, only this time the students will be performing their
lines to each other.
- Each student will perform their line in front of the classroom.
- Each student should applaud after each performance.

5. [5 mins] Closure: Macbeth

- Discussion: from what you have been exposed to today, what do you think Macbeth is about?
What are some predictions you have?