Macbeth Unit Plan: Interactive Notes, Fun Activities, Editable Lesson Plans Test

You don't need a spell to engage students with Macbeth, but a spark of inspiration can certainly work its magic! This complete and editable Macbeth unit plan will help you make Shakespeare's play relevant, rigorous, and FUN! Each act contains interactive notes and creative activities to help bring this drama bubbling to life!

So with that...

Double, double no toil or trouble

Macbeth engagement is going to double!

You will get:

Macbeth Pre-Reading Activities:

⭐Introduction stations to hook students from the start

⭐A playbill template with character list and notes

Macbeth Reading Activities:

⭐Interactive notes for Macbeth Act 1 with prompts to summarize, quote, and explain
⭐Interactive notes for Macbeth Act 2 with the prompts to annotate, contrast, and infer
⭐Interactive notes for Macbeth Act 3 with prompts to analyze, annotate, and illustrate
⭐Interactive notes for Macbeth Act 4 with prompts to characterize, create, and contrast
⭐Interactive notes for Macbeth Act 5 with prompts to explain, illustrate, and paraphrase

Macbeth Drama Activities:
⭐Acting troupe group activities for each act that helps bring this play to life!
⭐Act it out activity
⭐Finger puppet play
⭐ Theme Tableau

Macbeth Connection Activities:
⭐Informational text pairings
⭐Hand washing experiment
⭐Movie Guide

Macbeth Post-reading Activities:
⭐ TED Talk pairing and discussion
⭐Unique essay prompts

⭐50 question editable test (self-grading if using the Google Forms option)

✅ This unit is editable to fit your needs!
✅ This resource can be printed or use digitally in Google classrooms or other LMS providers.
✅ This unit has answer keys!