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lesson 4 ENTER THREE WITCHES UNIT LESSON 4 Objectives: Materials: Activities: Assessments: The student’s individual literature circles papers will be collected and the teacher will walk around to each individual group to check for understanding. Modifications: The student with a visual impairment will be required to sit in the front of the class during the movie.
 * 1) The students will watch the movie version of Macbeth in order to allow for more visualization for visual learners.
 * 2) The students will note similarities and differences between the movie and the plot of Enter Three Witches in order to understand the complex plot lines more efficiently.
 * 3) The students will meet with their literature groups and discuss how their mental representations of the characters have changed and if they can more easily relate to the characters after watching the movie.
 * 1) Individual student notebooks, pencils, note taking materials
 * 2) Literature circles handout
 * 3) //Macbeth (1997)//. Dir. Jeremy Freeston. Perf. Jason Connery and Helen Baxendale. Cromwell Productions Ltd, 1997. //YouTube//. YouTube, 08 May 2012. Web. 1 Oct. 2013.
 * 1) Bellringer: Explain to the students that we will be watching a movie version of Macbeth today. Instruct them to take notes on similarities and differences from the movie vs. Enter Three Witches. (5 minutes)
 * 2) Watch: The first half of the Macbeth movie. Students will take notes throughout
 * 3) Literature Groups: The students will get into their literature groups, and discuss how watching the movie changed their previous thoughts about each character. They will also discuss whether or not they could relate to the movie’s portrayal of the characters better or the novels’.
 * 4) Homework: Finish watching the movie version of Macbeth while paying special attention to how each character is portrayed and taking notes. SOCRATIC DISCUSSION FOR ANALYSIS OF MOVIE VERUS BOOK...DON'T HAVE THEM FINISH WATCHING AT HOME...SHOW SELECT PORTIONS OF MOVIE