ON THE WINGS OF WISHES

Innovative lesson plan onMacbeth

Name of the teacher : Athira A JName of the subject : EnglishName of the unit : On the wings of wishesName of the subunit : MACBETH

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Reads and analyse the textImproves thinking facultyIdentify the characters in the storyImproves thinking faculty

PHASE 1Have you ever visited a festival place ? What were the things we see there ? Let’s have a look….

Do you like to see dramas?

Can you identify the person shown below?He is a great sanskrit poet,author of shakuntalam,meghasandhesham,also known as Indian shakespeare

SHAKUNTALAM

PHASE 2Now I introduce you the world famous dramatist WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

William Shakespeare the greatest poet and dramatist.His major

woks include Macbeth ,Othello,king Lear etc.

Have you heard of globe theatre? The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company.

PHASE 3

So we are going to learn a drama written by shakespeare and the lesson is Macbeth and it is in a story form….

Now I welcome you to a new place (country).Here the story takes place.

PHASE 4(Teacher reads the paragraph with proper pronunciation and explain to the students)There was a king in scotland whose name was Duncan.

Palace of the king…

He was a very good and an ideal ruler.But some rebells started war against his rule.so the king appointed two of his trusted commanders Banquo and Macbeth to putdown the rebellion.

They took over the king’s army or they control th king’s army and defeated the rebels.

After the victory they were returning to the castle through a lonliest / remote place in the country.Suddenly thry were stopped by three strange looking women and the women were witches having magical powers.

Three witches

PHASE 5

Difficult word(students read the paragraph and find out the difficult words)

CHIEFTAIN:GROUP LEADER

REBELLION: AN ORGANISED ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT OR AUTHORUTY USING VIOLENCE.

PHASE 6Evaluation

Let’s revise what we learn today…• Who was the king of scotland? • Who were the trusted commanders?Now draw the situation when Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches.