Starter quiz
- How could you describe the opening scene of Macbeth?
- calm
- mysterious ✓
- romantic
- ominous ✓
- uplifting
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- Which of the following are features of a play script?
- dialogue ✓
- captions
- instructions for assembling the stage
- stage directions ✓
- character descriptions ✓
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- Select the correct definition of a heath.
- an area of land with hardly any bushes and trees ✓
- a lush area of land with a lot of bushes and trees
- an area of land in a rainforest
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- What are the witches doing as the play begins?
- singing together
- huddling together ✓
- standing as still as statues
- hiding from one another
- screaming with malignant laughter ✓
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- Where and when do the witches plan to meet again?
- in the woods later that day
- upon the heath when the hurly burly is done ✓
- at the king's castle in a year's time
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- Match the 'Early Modern English' quotes from the play to the modern definitions.
- hurly burly⇔commotion on the battlefield ✓
- fair is foul and foul is fair⇔good becoming evil and evil becoming good ✓
- where the place⇔where shall we meet ✓
Exit quiz
- Match each keyword to its definition.
- adjective⇔a word that describes a noun ✓
- noun⇔a naming word for people, places or things ✓
- setting⇔where the narrative takes place ✓
- senses⇔sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch ✓
- Which of the following are senses?
- touch ✓
- hearing ✓
- emotions
- smell ✓
- weaknesses
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- Put these descriptions of a heath in order from most positive to most negative.
- 1⇔Vibrant, fragrant heather bloomed amidst rugged rocks.
- 2⇔The heath stretched before us, its barren landscape devoid of life.
- 3⇔The heath was enveloped in an eerie silence that haunted our souls.
- Match each adjective to the correct definition.
- eerie⇔weird, ghostly or creepy ✓
- barren⇔empty or bare ✓
- withered⇔old and drooping ✓
- ominous⇔scary, threatening or menacing ✓
- Select the correct definition of putrid.
- flavourful and sharp
- rotten and decayed ✓
- unclear or hardly visible
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- Fill the gap in the following sentence: 'Little wildlife could survive in the __________, weathered terrain.'
- putrid
- rugged ✓
- eerie
- ominous
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- Vocabulary can be generated to precisely set the atmosphere for a scene.
- Expanded noun phrases can be used to describe a noun vividly.
- Expanded noun phrases can be stretched with 'that' or 'with' to add further detail to a description.
- Describing what can be seen, heard, felt and smelt helps readers visualise the scene.
Common misconception
Pupils may describe the setting solely based on what can be seen.
Teach pupils to use more than just one of their senses to create a more detailed description. Provide additional support, for example playing eerie sounds of the wind howling for them to hear or bringing in a gnarled piece of wood for them to feel.
Keywords
Adjective - describes a noun
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Setting - where the narrative takes place
Senses - the physical abilities of sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste
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