This document outlines an innovative lesson plan about Shakespeare's Macbeth. The lesson has 6 phases and introduces students to the background of Shakespeare and the play. It discusses the characters in Macbeth like King Duncan of Scotland and his trusted commanders Macbeth and Banquo. The lesson describes how Macbeth and Banquo encounter three witches on their way back to the castle after defeating rebels against the king.

2. ON THE WINGS OF WISHES

3. Innovative lesson plan onMacbeth

4. Name of the teacher : Athira A J
Name of the subject : English
Name of the unit : On the wings of wishes
Name of the subunit : MACBETH

5. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Reads and analyse the text
Improves thinking faculty
Identify the characters in the story
Improves thinking faculty

6. PHASE 1
Have you ever visited a festival place ? What were the
things we see there ? Let’s have a look….

7. Do you like to see dramas?

8. Can you identify the person shown below?He is
a great sanskrit poet,author of
shakuntalam,meghasandhesham,also known
as Indian shakespeare

9. SHAKUNTALAM

10. PHASE 2
Now I introduce you the world famous
dramatist WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

11. William Shakespeare the greatest poet and dramatist.His major
woks include Macbeth ,Othello,king Lear etc.
Have you heard of globe theatre? The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London
associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's
playing company.

12. PHASE 3
So we are going to learn a drama written by
shakespeare and the lesson is Macbeth and it is
in a story form….

13. Now I welcome you to a new place
(country).Here the story takes place.

14. PHASE 4
(Teacher reads the paragraph with proper pronunciation and explain to
the students)
There was a king in scotland whose name was Duncan.

15. Palace of the king…

16. He was a very good and an ideal ruler.But some
rebells started war against his rule.so the king
appointed two of his trusted commanders
Banquo and Macbeth to putdown the rebellion.

17. They took over the king’s army or they control th
king’s army and defeated the rebels.

18. After the victory they were returning to the castle
through a lonliest / remote place in the
country.Suddenly thry were stopped by three strange
looking women and the women were witches having
magical powers.

19. Three witches

20. PHASE 5
Difficult word
(students read the paragraph and find out the
difficult words)
CHIEFTAIN:GROUP LEADER

21. REBELLION: AN ORGANISED ATTEMPT TO
CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT OR AUTHORUTY
USING VIOLENCE.

22. PHASE 6
Evaluation
Let’s revise what we learn today…
• Who was the king of scotland?
• Who were the trusted commanders?
Now draw the situation when Macbeth and
Banquo meet the three witches.