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lesson 5 ENTER THREE WITCHES UNIT LESSON 5 Objectives: Materials: Activities: Assessments: The student’s bellringer paragraph and movie notes will be collected. The literature circles papers will also be collected and the teacher will comment on them individually.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) The class will discuss the importance and reasoning behind adding the character of Mary and other young people in the story to the plot line of Macbeth in order to realize the relationship between themselves and the young characters.
 * 3) The students will meet with their literature groups and discuss how they would feel if placed in a similar situation as the characters in order to make the material more relevant to their own lives.
 * 1) Individual student notebooks, pencils, note taking materials
 * 2) Literature circles handout
 * 1) Bellringer: Allow the students to write in paragraph form a summary of what they thought of the movie. Then collect this summary and their notes from watching the movie. (15 minutes)
 * 2) Discuss: Discuss as a class why Caroline B Cooney decided to add and/or enhance the young people in Macbeth in her story. Focus on the idea that young people can relate to other young people and why this is the case.
 * 3) Literature Groups: The students will meet with their literature groups and discuss how they would feel if put in the situation Mary and the other young characters are currently facing.
 * 4) Homework: Read Chapter 7 & 8 of Enter Three Witches