1. Day Standard
(Ode or
NCTE)
Objectives Outcomes Reading/Writing Materials
1 Acquisition of
Voc. – 1
Reading App.
Lit. text
1, 2, 5, 7, 8
Students will
make a list of
characteristics of
ambition and then
a list of
characteristics of
power and
compare.
Students will
keep a journal
that includes
lesson voc. And
responses to lit.
Compare
ambition with
power
Build
Background
(time period,
setting, mood)
Create a story
map/character
chart
Begin a vocab
response journal
Act I Scenes 1-3 Copy of
Macbeth
Paper
Pencil
2 Acquisition of
Voc. 1
Reading Process
1,2
Reading App.
Lit. text 1, 8
Students will
identify key
vocab. In Act I
and keep in
journal
Students will
form literature
circles to discuss
text
Students will list
character traits of
Macbeth
Discuss words in
context of the
play
Discuss
questions and
thoughts about
Act I
Compose a
character
development
chart
Act I Scenes 4-7 Vocab list
Character
trait charts pg
45-51
(swope)
Text
3 Acquisition of
Voc. 1
Reading Process
1,2
Reading App.
Lit. text 3, 5, 8
Writing App. 2b
Students will
identify key
vocab
Students will
respond to lit. in
the character’s
perspective
Students will
interpret key
quotations
Discuss and
identify vocab
terms in context
Write from one
of two prompts
Locate key
quotations that
signal
ambition/quest
for power
Act II
Writing entry in
journal
Text
4 Read App. 1, 6,
8
Writing App. 1b
Comm, oral,
visual 8a, b, c, e
Students will
compare
theme/character
traits in Macbeth
to The Emperor’s
New Groove
Students will
create character
development
charts
Group activity to
find central
themes in
Macbeth
Develop
character trait
charts
Act II Scenes 4-7
Character traits
Character
development
charts pg. 79-
83
Posters
Markers
5 Reading App.
Lit 8
Writing Process
1, 3, 5, 6, 9
Writing App. 1a,
b, c, d, 2a, b
Students will
create a poem that
portrays the
symbolism in
Macbeth
Students will
examine language
and identify
examples of
symbolism
Compose a
composition that
uses the symbols
in Macbeth to
depict ambition,
lack of morality,
and power
List examples of
symbolism in
Act III that
depict power,
ambition, lack of
morality
Act III scenes 1-3 Texts
6 Acquisition of
Vocab 1, 5
Writing App. 3
Students will
write newspaper
articles portraying
the theme
Communicate in
newspaper
format (article,
ad, or classified)
Act III Scenes 4-6 Texts
Vocab list for
Act III