Macbeth webinar
The ‘shownotes’ for my webinar for teachers on revising Macbeth leading up to the Leaving Certificate. Via Tralee Education Support Centre, evening of Monday 9th January 2023.
On the false idea of ‘rote learning’ in Leaving Certificate English.
Learning How to Learn with Coursera.
Presentation at researchED Dublin 2022 (scroll down).
The Learning Scientists: videos and downloadable posters.
Quizlet flashcards for all 5 Acts of Macbeth.
Quotation retrieval grids: template in Word. An explanation using the example in the webinar, from Macbeth.
Sequence grids templates in Word. An explanation of the process using Hamlet.
Word template for sequence 1 (key moments and associated quotations).
Word template for sequence 2 (some sections empty for testing).
Word template for sequence 3 (reverse-engineer key moments from significant quotations).
Swiss Army Knife (exploding) quotations, using a statement by Lady Macbeth.
Online resources: LitDrive (my presentation on the end of King Lear), British Library Macbeth resource pack from Patrick Cragg, the ‘Hamlet’ podcast - Macbeth scenes with Conor Hanratty, Doug Wise’s resources on Dropbox, Emma Smith podcast.
An audio version with David Tennant via BBC Sounds.
Notes on the Macbeth chapter in Emma Smith’s This is Shakespeare.
Review of Zoe Enser’s Bringing Forth the Bard: a guide to teaching Shakespeare in the English classroom.
Post on Stephen Greenblatt’s Tyrant: Shakespeare on Power.
Review of Scott Newstok’s How to Think like Shakespeare: lessons from a Renaissance Education.