GossLesson+1

ENTER THREE WITCHES UNIT LESSON 1 Objectives: Materials: Activities: Assessments: The discussion groups handout will be collected every class and every student will fill out their own worksheet to determine their participation and comprehension. Modifications: Student with visual impairment will be seated at the front of the class and given their own individual copy of the PowerPoint before the beginning of class.
 * 1) The students will take notes on a brief Macbeth PowerPoint in order to establish a clear understanding of the background of Enter Three Witches.
 * 2) The students will meet with their literature circles in order to establish a routine and develop an understanding of how discussion groups work.
 * 3) The students will be asked to reflect on the importance and timelessness of reading ancient works, such as Macbeth, in order to start compiling background information for the final essay.
 * 1) Macbeth powerpoint
 * 2) Individual student notebooks, pencils, note taking materials
 * 3) Discussion Groups handout
 * 1) Bellringer: Why have many plays, stories, poems ect. from long ago survived and are still being read today? Students will think about this individually, write some talking points in their notebooks and be asked to discuss at the beginning of class. (5 Minutes)
 * 2) PowerPoint: Teacher will show a PowerPoint that outlines the background information on Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The students will individually take notes on this in their notebooks. (20 minutes)
 * 3) Discussion Groups: The students will be broken into pre-determined discussion groups that will be determined by ability level and be instructed to discuss the significance of reading Macbeth. The teacher will explain that we will be reading Enter Three Witches as an introduction to Macbeth.
 * 4) Homework: The students will read the first two chapters of Enter Three Witches.