S1+Lunt,+Cyril

=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= Content Area: Reading Grade Level: Grades 11-12 Domain: Literature Standard: Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure, and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Clusters: 3, 6, 7 ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR or CCSS):** **(G)** ||
 * Common Core State Standards

//What understandings are desired?//
• everything that is in the play is there for a reason. All symbolism is important. • the era that Macbeth was written in influenced many parts of the play. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * • Shakespeare's language is still accessable today, and understandible to us, though point out word play.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• why is there magic in a generally realistic, Jacobean play? • how did the era that Macbeth was written in influence the play? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • is Macbeth a play about a good man who was corrupted by the outside world, or was he always evil and merely dealt a good hand?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
• important events and people: within the play, as well as within Shakespeare's own life. • sequence and timeline: The play, Shakespeare's life, and the Jacobean era in general. || • justify their belief in whether or not Macbeth was good. • read between the lines of Shakespeare's word plays. • preform scenes from the play with understanding. • analyze the symbolism within the play. • consider the pressures and events within Shakespeare's life. • be aware of how life was like in Jacobean England. ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * • critical details: about Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, the Witches, Macduff, the play itself, and Shakespeare.


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**