English Department

Year 10: GCSEHome study booklet

This booklet has been created by your English department to help you revise your knowledge from your learning this year.

Each week you will recap a topic or text you have learnt this year. Set aside 1 hour per day to complete your work.

Week 1 GCSE Macbeth- Understanding the key scenes

Week 2 GCSE Macbeth- Key quote analysis

Week 3 GCSE Macbeth- essay skills

Week 4 GCSE Language Paper 1- question 5: Creative Writing skills

Week 5 GCSE Language Paper 1- question 5- Creative Writing skills

Week 1: William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Understanding the key scenes

Watch the following videos to help you with your knowledge of the text before you complete your work booklet:

GCSE Pod: Type in ‘Macbeth’ in the search bar and watch the videos to help you revise the text

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt13FbL1xyw(Macbeth summary cliffnotes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUbHsdis3Vk(Macbeth context)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmi5c9gILoE(Macbeth characters)

Week 1: Understanding the key events

Task 1: Act 1 Cloze Activity-Fill in the blanks to test your knowledge on what happens in each chapter King Duncan hears how _____________ has been a brave warrior whilst fighting the Norwegians. Duncan gives Macbeth the title of Thane of _____________ as reward for his valour. The old Thane is sentenced to death for being a traitor.

On their way back from battle, Macbeth and Banquo meet the _____________ who tell Macbeth that he will become the new Thane of Cawdor and also the new ___________ of Scotland. The weird sisters tell Banquo that his descendants will be the future ___________ of Scotland. Macbeth is not sure whether this is true, but he is soon told by a messenger that he is now the new _______________ This seems like the first part of the prophecy has come true.

Macbeth sends a letter to his wife, _______________________ about the witches' predictions. She is excited about becoming queen, but fears that Macbeth is not ______________ enough to kill Duncan. When Macbeth

arrives home she tries to _____________ him to kill Duncan. Macbeth eventually agrees with her.

Duncan arrives at _____________ castle and is greeted by the hosts. They hold a feast and most people get drunk. Macbeth is __________ about killing Duncan and decides to abandon his plan. Macbeth believes that Duncan is a __________ king and he comments that Duncan has often ______________ Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is angry that Macbeth has abandoned his plan to kill Duncan and calls him a _____________. Macbeth decides to go through with the plan to murder Duncan.

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Task 2: Act 1 Short Answer Questions:

1. What news does the blood-stained captain bring to the king at the beginning of the Act? What is the result of this news? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What is the witches’ prophecy to Macbeth and Banquo? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. How does Banquo’s reaction to the witches differ from Macbeth’s? What does this suggest about each man’s character? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Describe the differences in the demeanour of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. How does this relate to Elizabethan gender roles? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Act 2 Revision

a) Act 2 Cloze Activity Fill in the blanks to test your knowledge on what happens in each chapter

Later that night, whilst approaching Duncan’s room, Macbeth sees a ____________ floating before his eyes. He follows the dagger to Duncan’s room. Macbeth creeps inside and _________________ him in cold blood. Lady

Macbeth meets him in the hall and ___________ him for showing fear. When she sees the _____________ daggers in Macbeth’s hands she ______________ them to ______________ the sleeping grooms with _____________

Macduff arrives at the castle and discovers the __________________ and raises the alarm. Duncan’s sons, ________________ and __________________ quickly leave Scotland because they might be ______________ of killing their father. Macduff does not ________________ Macbeth and suspects that Macbeth might have something to do with it.

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Act 2 Short Answer Questions:

1. What vision does Macbeth have at the beginning of Act 2? Why do you think this hallucination occurs? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. How does Lady Macbeth react to Macbeth after the murder? What does this reveal about their relationship? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. How do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth cover up their guilt the following morning? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Where do Malcolm and Donalbain decide to go and why?

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Act 3 Revision

Fill in the blanks to test your knowledge on what happens in each chapter

Macbeth is made __________ of Scotland. The witches’ prophecy makes Macbeth believe that he must kill ___________ and his son _______________, because the witches _______________ that Banquo’s descendants would be _____________. Macbeth orders two _______________ to carry out the job. However, ______________ escapes and this makes Macbeth very angry and concerned that the witches’ predictions could come ___________.

Macbeth has a banquet and sets a place at the table for _______________ knowing full well that he is ___________. However, he sees the _____________ of Banquo in the seat left for him. Macbeth shouts in ___________ at the ghost.

His guests suspect that he has a guilty ________________

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Act 3 Short Answer Questions:

1. How and why does Macbeth arrange Banquo’s murder? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What role does Lady Macbeth play in Banquo’s murder? How does this suggest a change in their relationship? Why might this change have occurred? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. How is Fleance’s escape a turning point in the play? What impact do you think this has on Macbeth’s state of mind and why? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. After seeing Banquo’s ghost, Macbeth says “Blood will have blood”. What do you think this means and why is it significant to the play? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Act 4 Revision

Fill in the blanks to test your knowledge on what happens in each chapter

Macbeth decides to pay the witches another visit and they show him three _________________ . The first is an ________________ (this represents Macbeth’s own severed head, later), the second is a ________________ (who is likely to be Macduff torn from his mother’s womb), and the third is a _________________ with a tree in its hand (this is meant to represent Malcolm and Birnam Wood). The first apparition tells Macbeth to beware _____________ , the second that he will never be defeated by anyone born of ______________ , and the third tells Macbeth that he will never be beaten until _______________ comes to Dunsinane.

Macduff is sure that Macbeth has murdered Duncan and decides to join _____________ in England. He raises an army of _________________ Englishmen in order to kill Macbeth and reclaim the throne.

In rage that Macduff has fled the country, Macbeth orders his henchmen to kill Macduff’s _______________ and this act disgusts his followers, who start to desert him.

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Act 4 Short Answer Questions:

1. What has Macbeth come to ask the witches? How do they answer? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. How has Macbeth changed since he last saw the witches? How has is moral character deteriorated? Do you think the witches are to blame?

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3. Why do you think Shakespeare had Macbeth murder Macduff’s wife and children? What does this symbolise about his character? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Act 5 Revision

Fill in the blanks to test your knowledge on what happens in each chapter

Lady Macbeth has been driven into _____________ with __________ and ___________. She obsessively ______________________ as she talks in her sleep about ________________________ .

Macbeth is preparing for battle with the English army. He feels _____________ due to the _____________ . Macbeth is informed that Lady Macbeth has _______________________ and he begins to question the point of _____________. A messenger tells the king that the wood is on its way to _____________ and Macbeth becomes _______________.

When the army arrives at the castle, Macbeth recklessly attacks and ________ many men because he believes that no one can kill him. However, Macduff tells Macbeth that he was not born of ___________ because he was born of _______________. they start to fight. Macduff ____________ Macbeth and his ___________ is displayed for everyone to see. _____________ is crowned the true king of Scotland.

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Macbeth’s betrayalDunsinane madness grief

worried

invincible head committed suicide kills

caesarean MalcolmAct 5 Short Answer Questions:

1. Why do you think Shakespeare shows Lady Macbeth sleepwalking? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What opinion do the Scottish lords now have of Macbeth and why? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. In Act 5 Macbeth talks a lot about his perspective on life. What do these speeches reveal about his state of mind? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Why do you think Shakespeare makes Lady Macbeth die at this point in the play? What does Macbeth’s response reveal about his state of mind? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Why does Macduff not take power for himself at the end of the play? What message do you think Shakespeare is trying to give us here? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Week 2: William Shakespeare’s MacbethKey quote analysis

Watch the following videos to help you with your knowledge of the text before you complete your work booklet:

GCSE Pod: Type in ‘Macbeth’ in the search bar and watch the videos to help you revise the text

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM3nwTsSnOI(Macbeth character analysis)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPz0b_uVMOYBBC Macbeth character analysis

Week 2: Key quote analysis Macbeth key quotes:

Act.Scene

Quote Translation of the quote

Key Word/s What does it reveal about the character?

Link to context

1.2 SOLDIER:For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name-Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, And fix'd his head upon our battlements.

1.3 First Witch All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis! Second Witch All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! Third Witch All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!

1.3 MACBETH Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting? Speak, I charge you. Witches vanish

Tell me where you got this information from, or why you stopped us on this hill with your predictions. Tell me, I demand it!

1.3 MACBETH [Aside] If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir.

If luck and fortune says I will be king, then luck might make me king, meaning I don’t have to do anything.

1.7 MACBETH We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon.

Lady Macbeth, we are not doing this. Duncan has treated me well, and I want to enjoy being loved for a while

Macbeth key quotes:

Act.Scene

Quote Translation of the quote

Key Word/s What does it reveal about the character?

Link to context

2.1 MACBETH Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.

I see a dagger in front of me – I do not know if you are real, or if I have made you up

2.1 Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going; And such an instrument I was to use. Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.

The dagger points to Duncan’s chamber; either his eyes are playing tricks on him, or they are more important. There is blood on the blade and handle, which wasn’t there before.

2.3 MACBETH Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man: The expedition my violent love Outrun the pauser, reason.

I could not control myself when I saw Duncan’s body, so I killed the guards in a rage – who could have acted differently?

3.2 MACBETH We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it: She'll close and be herself,

We have only dealt with some of the threat to our power, not all of it.

3.2 MACBETH O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife! Thou know'st that Banquo, and his Fleance, lives.

Macbeth character analysis:Mind-map what you learn about Macbeth’s character from the play and how he changes from the start of the play.

How is Macbeth presented at the start of the play?

How does Macbeth change by the end of the play?

Why does Shakespeare present this change in Macbeth? What is his

message?

Lady Macbeth key quotes:Act.Scene

Quote Translation of the quote

Key Word/s What does it reveal about the character?

Link to context

1.5 Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round,

Come home to me, so I can fill your head with my words, so that you will change your mind about killing the king.

1.5 Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe topfull Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood; Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers,

Evil spirits, come and take away all my feminine weakness, and fill me with evil.Stop me from feeling guilt, so I do not stop.Take my breast milk and replace it with a foul substance (gall).

2.2 LADY MACBETH Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures: 'tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil.

Macbeth you fool! I’ll put the daggers back – only a child would be afraid of a dead body.

2.2 LADY MACBETH A little water clears us of this deed: How easy is it, then!

Washing our hands gets rid of all evidence of the murder – so easy!

5.1 LADY MACBETH Out, damned spot! out, I say!--One: two: why, then, 'tis time to do't.--Hell is murky!--Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?--Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him..

Lady Macbeth hallucinates blood on her hands as she sleepwalks. She remembers the night Duncan was murdered – Duncan is the ‘old man’

Lady Macbeth character analysis:Mind-map what you learn about Lady Macbeth’s character from the play and how she changes from the start of the play.

How is Lady Macbeth presented at the start of the

play?

How does Lady Macbeth change by the end of the play?

Why does Shakespeare present this change in

Lady Macbeth? What is his message?

Week 3: William Shakespeare’s MacbethEssay skills

Watch the following videos to help you with your knowledge of the text before you complete your work booklet:

GCSE Pod: Type in ‘Macbeth’ in the search bar and watch the videos to help you revise the text

Watch the following video to help you understand how to write a strong essayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSDcTyMAt0U

TASK 1: Plan and write an essay about Macbeth’s character

Task 1:

1) On a double page, create a knowledge organiser breaking down all the key components of Macbeth’s character. Use the structure below to set out your knowledge organiser. Use the same headings but add any extra you feel is needed.

2) Once you have completed your knowledge organiser, complete the essay question on the next page.

Knowledge organiser: Macbeth’s character

Journey of Macbeth’s character:

Note down all the key events Macbeth is

involved (with quotes)

Look at how he changes from the start of the play

to the end.

Key quotes from Macbeth:

What are key quotes Macbeth says himself?

Key quotes about Macbeth from other characters:

What are key quotes relating to Macbeth from other characters?

Key vocabulary for Macbeth:

Key themes relating to Macbeth:

What key themes can we link to Macbeth? How?

Analysis vocabulary: (any words you can use to analyse e.g. Suggest, portrays,

alludes to)

How to set out your knowledge organiser:

Example knowledge organisers:

Section A: Shakespeare- Macbeth

Answer the question below as a full essay response.

Macbeth

Read the following extract from Act 1 Scene 2 of Macbeth and then answer the question that follows.

In this scene, the sergeant is informing King Duncan of Macbeth’s bravery in the battle at the start of the play.

Starting with this moment in the play, explore how Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a violent character in the play.

Write about:

• How Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a violent character at this moment in the play

• How Shakespeare present Macbeth as a violent character in the play as a whole. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]

Sergeant: For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name--Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel,Which smoked with bloody execution,Like valour's minion carved out his passageTill he faced the slave;Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps,And fix'd his head upon our battlements.

DUNCAN: O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman!

CAPTAIN: As whence the sun 'gins his reflectionShipwracking storms and direful thunders break,So from that spring whence comfort seemed to comeDiscomfort swells. Mark, King of Scotland, mark:No sooner justice had, with valor armed,30Compelled these skipping kerns to trust their heels,But the Norweyan lord, surveying vantage,With furbished arms and new supplies of men,Began a fresh assault.DUNCAN: Dismay'd not thisOur captains, Macbeth and Banquo?

Sergeant: Yes;As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion.If I say sooth, I must report they wereAs cannons overcharged with double cracks, so theyDoubly redoubled strokes upon the foe:[SERGEANT TELLS DUNCAN THE ORIGINAL THANE OF CAWDOR’ BETRAYED HIM IN BATTLE]

DUNCAN: No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceiveOur bosom interest: go pronounce his present death,And with his former title greet Macbeth.

ROSS: I'll see it done.

DUNCAN: What he hath lost noble Macbeth hath won.

Key notes you MUST include in your analysis:

1) How is Macbeth presented as violent at the start of the play? Why does he have to be violent at this point? How would a Jacobean audience react to Macbeth? WHY DOES SHAKESPEARE MAKE THE STRUCTURAL CHOICE TO PRESENT MACBETH AS VIOLENT AT THE START OF THE PLAY?

2) Is Macbeth violent the whole way through? Map out the journey of Macbeth. Where is he violent? Why? How does the Jacobean perception of him change and why?

KEY ANALYSIS VOCABULARY you must include:

Alludes to Emphasises Reinforces Symbolises

Macbeth essay PLANNING:

STEP 1: annotate the question. What is it asking

you to analyse?

STEP 2: annotate the scene given. How is

Macbeth presented as violent character in this

scene? How is the violence presented as a

good thing here and why?

STEP 3: Mind map on this page how Macbeth is presented as a violent character in the rest of

the play. Why is he violent there? For what reasons?

STEP 4: plan the structure of your essay. What will you talk about in each

section of the essay? Use the planning sheet on the

next page to help you.

STEP 5: Write the essay

PLANNING!How does Shakespeare present Macbeth as a violent character in the play?

Introduction:

7* star analysis: how is Macbeth presented as a violent character in the scene given? Why?

7* star analysis: how is Macbeth presented as a violent character in the rest of the play? Why?

7* star analysis: how is Macbeth presented as a violent character in the rest of the play? Why?

Conclusion:

Now write the full essay: How does Shakespeare present Macbeth as a violent character in the play?

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TASK 2:Example analysis from a GCSE essay (this is a short extract from a full essay)

How is Lady Macbeth presented in Act 1, Scene 5?

In Act 1, scene 5 of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is presented as a powerful and dominant evil figure, who seeks to use her influence over her husband Macbeth in order to achieve the witch’s predictions. Lady Macbeth, receiving a letter from her husband explaining his meeting with the witches and their prophecies, exclaims Macbeth is “It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness” and thus she “fear thy nature”. Lady Macbeth instantly realises that in order to achieve her power and ensure Macbeth becomes King, she must become evil and murder King Duncan.

Through her soliloquy, Lady expresses her ‘fear’ of Macbeth’s ‘kind’ nature and doesn’t believe he is strong or evil enough to do what is needed to become King, therefore suggesting she is more powerful and able than him. Here, Lady Macbeth transgresses all stereotypes of Jacobean women as she presents herself as the dominant and more powerful figure in the relationship between her and her husband. Women were also deemed as ‘emotionally weaker’ during the Jacobean era and were expected to follow their husband’s orders, as per the expectations of a patriarchal society, however Lady Macbeth instead suggests that Macbeth takes the role as the ‘emotionally weaker’ woman as he is “without the illness” to achieve his prophecy of becoming king. Lady Macbeth does not ‘fear’ Macbeth as the head of the household, but rather fears his lack of strength and immorality to do what is necessary. To a Jacobean audience they would be horrified at the thought of a woman who refuses to bow down to her husband’s superiority, and therefore would be shocked at Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy. As a religious audience, who believed in Christianity and the bible, they would further be horrified by Lady Macbeth’s behaviour as she succumbs to the temptation of sin (as she immediately wants to murder King Duncan after hearing about the witches predictions), and therefore would class her as a blasphemous, unholy woman.

Lady Macbeth suggests that Macbeth is more pure and inferior to her power through the use of the noun ‘milk’. The connotations of the noun ‘milk’ are of purity and goodness and therefore further suggesting the inferiority of Macbeth in comparison to her. To suggest Macbeth is “too full o' th' milk of human kindness” continues the extended metaphor of innocence and purity for Macbeth, and continues to embed Lady Macbeth’s strong belief that she is the superior and more powerful figure in their relationship. The fact Macbeth is “full” of the milk further suggests that his entire body encapsulates this purity and goodness, and Lady Macbeth understands that there is not a single part of his body which is currently evil. This continues to present Lady Macbeth as female figure of dominance as she feels Macbeth’s kindness is therefore making him weaker.

Lady Macbeth is also presented as a manipulative ………………………………..………..….

Task: Act 1, scene 5

Read the following extract from Act 1 Scene 5 and then answer the question that follows. In this scene Lady Macbeth has received a letter from her husband Macbeth informing of her of the witches predictions. Lady Macbeth immediately thinks of evil ways for Macbeth to become King, and worries Macbeth is not strong enough to be King.

Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful character in the play.

Write about:

How Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as powerful in this speech How Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful character in the play as a whole- does this

change?

LADY MACBETH Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be

What thou art promised: Yet do I fear thy nature;

It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness

To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great,

Art not without ambition, But without the illness should

attend it what thou wouldst highly,

That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false,

And yet wouldst wrongly win.

Hie thee hither,

That I may pour my spirits in thine ear

And chastise with the valor of my tongue

All that impedes thee from the golden round,

Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem

To have thee crown'd withal.

Lady Macbeth essay PLANNING:

STEP 1: annotate the question. What is it asking

you to analyse?

STEP 2: annotate the scene given. How is Lady

Macbeth presented as powerful character in this scene? How does this link

to historical context?

STEP 3: Mind map on this page how Lady Macbeth is

presented as a powerful character in the rest of

the play. Does she remain powerful the whole way through the play? How

does it change and why?

STEP 4: plan the structure of your essay. What will you talk about in each

section of the essay? Use the planning sheet on the

next page to help you.

STEP 5: Write the essay

PLANNING!

How does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth as a powerful character in the play?

Introduction:

7* star analysis: how is Lady Macbeth presented as a powerful character in the scene given? Why?

7* star analysis: how is Lady Macbeth presented as a powerful character in the rest of the play? Why?

7* star analysis: how is Lady Macbeth presented at the end of the play? Is she still powerful?

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Week 4: GCSE LANGUAGE Paper 1Question 5- Creative writing skills

Watch the following videos to help you before you complete your work booklet:

GCSE Pod: Type in ‘creative writing’ in the search bar and watch the videos to help you revise the text

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee-3qumk6E0watch this BBC video about how to approach a creative writing question

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoRzTtwgP4writing descriptively

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7B81cQftBcwriting a character description

Week 4: Creative writing skills

Read the following extracts from novels and then complete the creative writing tasks.

The Company of Wolves, by Angela Carter

One beast and only one howls in the woods by night.

The wolf is carnivore incarnate and he’s as cunning as he is ferocious; once he’s had a taste of flesh then nothing else will do.

At night, the eyes of wolves shine like candle flames, yellowish, reddish, but that is because the pupils of their eyes fatten on darkness and catch the light from your lantern to flash it back to you – red for danger; if a wolf’s eyes reflect only moonlight, then they gleam a cold and unnatural green, a mineral, a piercing colour. If the benighted traveller spies those luminous, terrible sequins stitched suddenly on the black thickets, then he knows he must run, if fear has not struck him stock-still.

But those eyes are all you will be able to glimpse of the forest assassins as they cluster invisibly round your smell of meat as you go through the wood unwisely late. They will be like shadows, they will be like wraiths, grey members of a congregation of nightmare; hark! his long, wavering howl… an aria of fear made audible.

The wolfsong is the sound of the rending you will suffer, in itself a murdering.

It is winter and cold weather. In this region of mountain and forest, there is now nothing for the wolves to eat. Goats and sheep are locked up in the byre,1 the deer departed for the remaining pasturage on the southern slopes – wolves grow lean and famished. There is so little flesh on them that you could count the starveling ribs through their pelts, if they gave you time before they pounced. Those slavering jaws; the lolling tongue; the rime of saliva on the grizzled chops – of all the teeming perils of the night and the forest, ghosts, hobgoblins, ogres that grill babies upon gridirons, witches that fatten their captives in cages for cannibal tables, the wolf is worst for he cannot listen to reason.

The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka

One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.

‘What’s happened to me?’ he thought. It was no dream. His room, a proper room for a human being, only somewhat too small, lay quietly between the four well-known walls. Above the table, on which an unpacked collection of sample cloth goods was spread out (Samsa was a traveling salesman) hung the picture which he had cut out of an illustrated magazine a little while ago and set in a pretty gilt frame. It was a picture of a woman with a fur hat and a fur boa. She sat erect there, lifting up in the direction of the viewer a solid fur muff into which her entire forearm disappeared.

Gregor’s glance then turned to the window. The dreary weather (the raindrops were falling audibly down on the metal window ledge) made him quite melancholy. ‘Why don’t I keep sleeping for a little while longer and forget all The Metamorphosis this foolishness,’ he thought. But this was entirely impractical, for he was used to sleeping on his right side, and in his present state he couldn’t get himself into this position. No matter how hard he threw himself onto his right side, he always rolled again onto his back. He must have tried it a hundred times, closing his eyes, so that he would not have to see the wriggling legs, and gave up only when he began to feel a light, dull pain in his side which he had never felt before.

Task 1: Creative writing with a picture stimulus

First thoughts on the picture (mind map key ideas and words):

The 5 minute 5 point plan: The log cabin

make notes…

Where is this cabin?

Whose cabin is pictured? What is the story of the cabin?

Are there any people there? Who are they? Where are they?

Are you there? What are you doing?

Task: Now write a short story based on this picture and the title “The cabin with no escape”.

Task 2: Creative writing with a picture stimulus

First thoughts on the picture:

The 5 minute 5 point plan:

The Park at nightmake notes…

Where is this park?

What time of year is it?

Which part of the park is it?

Are there any people there? Who are they? Where are they?

Are you there? What are you doing?

Task: Now write a short story based on this picture and the title “Alone in the park”.

Task 3: Creative Writing with a picture stimulus

First thoughts on the picture:

The 5 minute 5 point plan:The Lake

make notes…

Where is this lake?

What time of year is it?

Whose boat is pictured? What is the story of the boat?

Are there any people there? Who are they? Where are they?

Are you there? What are you doing?

Task: Now write a short story based on this picture and the title “The mysterious boat”.

Week 5: GCSE LANGUAGE Paper 1Question 5- Creative writing skills

Watch the following videos to help you before you complete your work booklet:

GCSE Pod: Type in ‘creative writing’ in the search bar and watch the videos to help you revise the text

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee-3qumk6E0watch this BBC video about how to approach a creative writing question

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoRzTtwgP4writing descriptively

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7B81cQftBcwriting a character description

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

With the first gray light he rose and left the boy sleeping and walked out to the road and squatted and studied the country to the south. Barren, silent, godless. He thought the month was October but he wasnt sure. He hadnt kept a calendar for years. They were moving south. There’d be no surviving another winter here.

When it was light enough to use the binoculars he glassed the valley below. Everything paling away into the murk. The soft ash blowing in loose swirls over the blacktop. He studied what he could see. The segments of road down there among the dead trees. Looking for anything of color. Any movement. Any trace of standing smoke. He lowered the glasses and pulled down the cotton mask from his face and wiped his nose on the back of his wrist and then glassed the country again. Then he just sat there holding the binoculars and watching the ashen daylight congeal over the land. He knew only that the child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God, God never spoke.

When he got back the boy was still asleep. He pulled the blue plastic tarp off of him and folded it and carried it out to the grocery cart and packed it and came back with their plates and some cornmeal cakes in a plastic bag and a plastic bottle of syrup. He spread the small tarp they used for a table on the ground and laid everything out and he took the pistol from his belt and laid it on the cloth and then he just sat watching the boy sleep. He’d pulled away his mask in the night and it was buried somewhere in the blankets. He watched the boy and he looked out through the trees toward the road. This was not a safe place. They could be seen from the road now it was day. The boy turned in the blankets. Then he opened his eyes. Hi, Papa, he said.

I’m right here.

I know.

The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

I was alone and orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging on to an oar, an adult tiger in front of me, sharks beneath me, a storm raging about me. Had I considered my prospects in the light of reason, I surely would have given up and let go of the oar, hoping that I might drown before being eaten. But I don’t recall that I had a single thought during those first minutes of relative safety. I didn’t even notice daybreak. I held on to the oar, I just held on, God only knows why.

The elements allowed me to go on living. The lifeboat did not sink. Richard Parker kept out of sight. The sharks prowled but did not lunge. The waves splashed me but did not pull me off.

I watched the ship as it disappeared with much burbling and belching. Lights flickered and went out. I looked about for my family, for survivors, for another lifeboat, for anything that might bring me hope. There was nothing. Only rain, marauding waves of black ocean and the flotsam of tragedy.

The darkness melted away from the sky. The rain stopped.

I could not stay in the position I was in forever. I was cold. My neck was sore from holding up my head and from all the craning I had been doing. My back hurt from leaning against the lifebuoy. And I needed to be higher up if I were to see other lifeboats.

In the morning I could not move. I was pinned by weakness to the tarpaulin. Even thinking was exhausting. I applied myself to thinking straight. At length, as slowly as a caravan of camels crossing a desert, some thoughts came together.

I thought of sustenance for the first time. I had not had a drop to drink or a bite to eat or a minute of sleep in three days. Finding this obvious explanation for my weakness brought me a little strength.

Section B: WritingYou are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Your local newspaper is running a creative writing competition and the best entries will be published.

Either

Write a story about a festival or carnival as suggested by this picture:

or

Write a story about a situation that involved a big surprise.

(24 marks for content and organisation16 marks for technical accuracy)

Section B: WritingYou are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

An online competition for story writing is being held and you have decided to enter.

Either

Describe an adventure as suggested by this picture:

or

Write a story with the title ‘Escape’.

(24 marks for content and organisation16 marks for technical accuracy)

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

You have decided to enter a creative writing competition.

Either

Describe two friends as suggested by this picture:

or

Write a story about people on a protest march.

(24 marks for content and organisation16 marks for technical accuracy)