Writing a response about guilt in 'Macbeth'
I can plan and write a response on the role of guilt in ‘Macbeth’.
Writing a response about guilt in 'Macbeth'
I can plan and write a response on the role of guilt in ‘Macbeth’.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The theme of guilt is pertinent throughout ‘Macbeth’.
- A thesis statement is a clear, overarching argument.
- Topic sentences give focus to individual paragraphs.
- Concluding sentences can focus on a writer’s intention and draw your paragraph to a close.
- Choose quotations that support your topic sentence and come from across the play.
Keywords
Magnitude - the great size or extent of something
Sacrilegious - describes a violation of something that is sacred
Anguish - severe mental pain or suffering
Common misconception
Students may think that concluding sentences are a repetition of topic sentences.
Concluding sentences focus on the writer's intentions and link to but do not repeat topic sentences.
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of serious crime
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the overarching evaluative argument
outlines the arguments of each paragraph
the writer’s methods and quotations
summarises the argument in each paragraph
a summary of the writer’s message