The assignment for this lesson is to play the role of a teacher who is helping students understand Macbeth. Choose one scene from the play and create 12 to 18
annotations, or explanatory notes, to explain the meanings of words and figurative
language and to analyze the poetic structure. Then write one or two conclusion
paragraphs explaining how Shakespeare's language supports the tone and character
development in the scene.
You should have created a draft of this assignment in the previous activity. If you
didn't complete that activity, go back and do so now. If you have already completed
the draft, revise your assignment starting now.
This writing assignment focuses on the following skills:
• Using a dictionary, thesaurus. and etymology dictionary