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Warm-up. What are the pros and cons of sleepwalking?. Standards. Essential Question. How does writing a play differ from writing a story or poem? How does going beyond the text to imagine characters help us understand the literature?.

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Warm-up

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  1. Warm-up • What are the pros and cons of sleepwalking?

  2. Standards Essential Question How does writing a play differ from writing a story or poem? How does going beyond the text to imagine characters help us understand the literature? • ELACC11-12RL6: Analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement). • ELACC11-12W1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. • ELACC11-12W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. • ELACC11-12W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. ?

  3. Act V, Scene 1

  4. Act V, Scene 1 Setting: Dunsinane, one of the King’s castles • Lady Macbeth has gone mad, causing her to sleepwalk and be haunted by the murders of Duncan, Banquo, and Lady Macduff. • The Doctor and a lady-in-waiting overhear her talking about the murders.

  5. Act V, Scene 2 Setting: The country near Dunsinane • Four lords of Scotland — Lennox, Menteth, Angus, and Caithness — resolve to join Malcolm and the English forces, who have by now marched into Scotland and are encamped at Birnam Wood, not far from Macbeth's stronghold at Dunsinane.

  6. Act V, Scene 3 Setting: Dunsinane • Macbeth dismisses reports of invasion because the apparitions seemed to promise him invincibility in battle. • A servant tells Macbeth that a huge army is approaching. • Macbeth appears momentarily to lose courage and then orders the servant to help him put on his armor.

  7. Act V, Scene 4 Setting: Country near Birnam wood • The English and rebel Scottish armies, under the leadership of Malcolm, meet at Birnam Wood. • Malcolm orders each soldier to cut a branch and carry it in front of him as camouflage to conceal the actual size of the army.

  8. Act V, Scene 5 Setting: Dunsinane. Within the castle • There is a shriek offstage. • The queen is dead, possibly by suicide, but it is not clear. • Macbeth is told that Birnam Wood appears to have uprooted itself and is even now advancing towards Dunsinane. • Macbeth remembers the prophesy.

  9. Act V, Scene 6 Setting: Dunsinane. Before the castle • Malcolm and his troops have reached Dunsinane, disguised by the branches, fulfilling the prophecy of the apparitions: Birnam wood has come to Dunsinane.

  10. Act V, Scenes 7 and 8

  11. Act V, Scene 7 Setting: Another part of the field • Macbeth is challenged by the courageous son of Siward. • Macduff seeks out the man who was responsible for the murder of his family. • Macbeth’s forces surrender Dunsinane castle.

  12. Act V, Scene 8 Setting: Another part of the field •  Macbeth and Macduff finally come face to face. • They argue, then sword fight. • Macbeth is killed. • Malcolm is hailed King of Scotland. *”They cut me out of my mother’s womb before she could bear me naturally.” –Macduff (NFS)

  13. Activity Choices Monologue Diary Suppose you are Macduff. Write a series of diary entries for the days before you leave your wife and children and the days that follow. • Imagine yourself to be Lady Macduff. Write a monologue that expresses your feelings towards your husband and your worries about your family At least half of a page typed or one page handwritten.

  14. Exit Slip • What was your favorite scene, and why? Homework • Review and finish writing assignment.

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