Lesson Plan

Power's Price Lesson Plan

Students will analyze Macbeth’s ‘Is this a dagger’ soliloquy to identify how ambition and power shape his choices, annotate key language devices, and connect themes to personal experiences through discussion and reflection.

Understanding Macbeth’s ambition-driven actions helps students develop close-reading skills, interpret literary devices, and draw connections between classical texts and modern decision-making, fostering critical thinking.

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Teacher Preparation

10 minutes

Step 1

Warm-Up

5 minutes

Step 2

Contextual Mini-Lecture

5 minutes

Step 3

Soliloquy Reading & Annotation

10 minutes

Step 4

Class Discussion

7 minutes

Step 5

Exit Ticket

3 minutes

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Slide Deck

What's Power's Price?

Learning Objectives

Historical & Literary Context

Soliloquy Excerpt: Act 2, Scene 1

Annotation Focus

Class Discussion Questions

Exit Ticket

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Worksheet

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Reading

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Activity

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What's Power's Price?

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