Macbeth

Personality Profile of Macbeth
Students will complete a characterization chart that will look at Macbeth's appearance, demeanor, speech, thoughts, actions, and others' opinions of him, and will use this information to determine his personality type using the Jung Typology Test or Insight Reporting System Temperament Test which separates personality types into Extrovert/Introvert, Sensor/Intuitive, Thinker/Feeler, Perceptive/Judge. Students will use evidence from the text to support their conclusions regarding Macbeth's personality and will discuss how his personality type influenced his decision making.

Journal
Students will respond to journal topics that relate themes from the play to their own lives.

It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood Still it cried 'Sleep no more!' to all the house: 'Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more; Macbeth shall sleep no more.' Macbeth
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Book Rags Summary	Personality Profile of Macbeth Students will complete a characterization chart that will look at Macbeth's appearance, demeanor, speech, thoughts, actions, and others' opinions of him, and will use this information to determine his personality type using the Jung Typology Test or Insight Reporting System Temperament Test which separates personality types into Extrovert/Introvert, Sensor/Intuitive, Thinker/Feeler, Perceptive/Judge. Students will use evidence from the text to support their conclusions regarding Macbeth's personality and will discuss how his personality type influenced his decision making. Character Panel Discussion Students will brainstorm a list of questions they would like to ask Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, Duncan and the witches. These questions will be copied and distributed to the class. The class will be divided into groups, and each group will be given a character to prepare and will choose a person from their group to represent them on the panel. The whole class will ask questions of the panelists. Groups will be graded according to the preparation their representative demonstrated. Journal Students will respond to journal topics that relate themes from the play to their own lives. Who is Most Responsible for Macbeth's Downfall? Students will write an analysis essay in which they argue who is most responsible for Macbeth's downfall. Students will use evidence from the text to support their thesis statement.
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STATE GOALS
1B5a Students will relate reading to prior knowledge and experience and make connections to related information.
1B5b Students will analyze the defining characteristics and structures of a Shakespearean tragedy and describe how genre affects the meaning and function of texts.
1C5b Analyze and defend an interpretation of text.

The goal of this unit is to examine Shakespeare’s Macbeth and attempt to answer the question: "What is the nature of evil?" Students will analyze Macbeth’s downward spiral and ultimate downfall and decide whether evil and corruption is inherent in Macbeth or brought upon him through outside forces such as Lady Macbeth or the witches? The work done in this unit will support the final question students will discuss this year, “Is evil inherent in man or is it learned?”