To practise using precise verbs and adverbs for characterisation

Key Stage 2

English

Macbeth - Narrative writing

﻿Hi everyone, and welcome to another lesson with me Ms Chu. In this lesson, we are going to look at practising using precise verbs and adverbs for characterization. Remember in this outcome, we are going to produce a character description of Macbeth. So we need to think about how his actions, the way he moves, the way he talks affects his character, and how he's portrayed by William Shakespeare. So when you're ready, find a space, find the things that you need, a book, paper, pen, or pencil, away from distractions, and then we can begin. Now that you're ready, let's just quickly remind ourselves of the things that we have. Book or paper, pen or pencil, and our thinking had switched on. Now remember if you don't have your resources ready, you may pause the video and go and get those things now. Okay, the agenda is we're going to start with a writing warmup where we will practise writing complex sentences with relative clauses. Then we will check for vocabulary sentence, then a quick recap of Macbeth's character from previous lessons. And then the main part of today's lesson, which is to practise using precise verbs on adverbs. So our writing warmup, let's begin. We're going to write a complex sentence with a relative clause. Pause the video, or you could just have a think now, do you remember what a relative clause is and what is a complex sentence? So, a complex sentence, do you remember tell me. Yes, it's a sentence that has a main clause and a subordinate clause. So it has a main clause which can stand alone, makes sense on its own and subordinate clause, which doesn't make sense on its own and needs the main clause together with it to make sense. So in this example, the subordinate clause is a relative clause. That means it uses the pronoun who, or which, or that, or many other ones, but in this case, because we're talking about a person Macbeth, we are only going to use the relative pronoun who, okay. But in our sentence, we need to make sure we include adjectives, verbs and adverts to make it exciting for the reader. And then I've got a little extra challenge for you. You see if you could use figurative language as well in your sentence. I've left a sentence scaffold at the bottom for you, to help you start. Macbeth comma, who, give me additional information about Macbeth, comma, stared in disbelief. Remember the relative clause is in the middle of the sentence and it's demarcated with a comma before it and a comma after it. So when you're ready, I'd like you to pause the video, to complete your task. Write a complex sentence with a relative clause. Macbeth who, comma stared in disbelief, you could have. Okay, pause the video and have a go. Brilliant, I hope that you've all had a chance to have a go, and you're really proud of the sentence that you've just written. This is one that I've done, a blood-covered and wounded Macbeth comma, who had just been approached by the ghoulish hags comma, stared in disbelief at the glowing prophecy hovering above his head. I want you to look at the words that I've bolded and have a think about why I've bolded them. So I bolded blood-covered and wounded because they are adjectives to describe Macbeth. And I remember for my list, I need to include adjectives, verbs, and adverbs too, to make my sentences interesting. Then I have my relative clause; who had just been approached by the ghoulish hags. So I've got ghoulish in bold, cause it's an adjective. Stared in disbelief, stared is a verb in disbelief is my advert because it's describing my verb, in disbelief. At the glowing, adjective, prophecy hovering, verb, above his head. The only thing I didn't include is figurative language. I hope you've got that on yours. Let's do a quick vocabulary check of a couple of words that we learned in our previous lesson. And see if we remember if we've got our good memories switched on, if we remember what they mean. So, to be ambitious means to be determined to succeed or to be determined to help? Shout out. Yes, it means to be determined to succeed. To be courageous means to be brave or to be kind? Which one is it? Yes, it's to be brave. It's a synonym for the word brave. Now, let's recap Macbeth's character. There are three main points in the play where we see his character change. At the start, he is a warrior, he is portrayed as being brave and powerful. That's the first impression that we get of Macbeth. However, he changes and he becomes ambitious, but not in a good way, he becomes overly ambitious and is greedy. He plots to kill King Duncan. But then, at this point in the play, where he goes to see Lady Macbeth, we see another side of him. He becomes weak. He's doubtful, he's uncertain. And lastly, after the deed is done, he becomes, he feels guilty, remorseful and starts to hallucinate. So the three main points in the play, where his character changes from this original character that were introduced with, is this point, this point and this point. So those are the points that we're going to focus on today. When we look at our precise verbs and adverbs, the first one we're going to look at is when he's ambitious. Let's watch this clip to see what verbs and adverbs we could use, or which are appropriate for Macbeth's character in this clip. So the things that you need to look out for, are the way that he moves, the way that he talks and how he does those things. What did he do with his eyes, with his facial expression, with his body language. When you're ready, I will begin.

Can the devil speak too?

Glamis, and thane of Cador! The greatest is behind.

Oh worthiest cousin, sons, kinsmen, thieves, and you whose places are the nearest. Know we will establish our estate upon our eldest, Malcom, whom we shall name hereafter the Prince of Cumberland.

The Prince of Cumberland, that is a step on which I must fall down or else o'erleap. For in my word it lies, stars. Hide your fires, let not light see my black deep desires.

Okay, so, I hope you've had a think about what verbs and adverbs are appropriate to use for Macbeth in this clip. You look at the still image, you can see he's doing something with his eyes. Is that what you would do if you were happy, sad, thinking about something evil, perhaps. Okay, so I've got, I hope you've got the same as me, that he sort of snarled and he scowled. So let's do the actions for scowled, everyone together. Snarled is when you've got, you're a little bit scowly but you're also doing this with your lip. Let's do it together. Okay. And then frown. Glared is when you're looking, but you're sort of not doing it in a bad, evil, jealous way. Plotted and schemed means that you're coming up with a secret plan. And then some adverbs I thought might be appropriate would be if you're snarling, you might be doing menacingly or maliciously, two adverbs that show that you're doing it, not in a nice way. Or if you're frowning, you might be frowning 'cause you're jealous, you're envious, you're doing it enviously. Or you're glaring cunningly, means you're coming up with a plan or manipulative or craftily. Okay, quick check then. See if you've just remembered or you were listening to what I was saying. If you are doing something enviously you are acting jealous or showing sadness. Acting jealous, well done. If you were conspiring, now this is a word from before in our previous lesson, you would be making secret plans to get married, making secret plans to commit a harmful act. What do you think? Point to the screen which one. Yes, commit a harmful act. Let's move on to this second part of our lesson, which is to look at Macbeth in the second part where he changes and he becomes a weak character. So in this clip, I would also like you to look at the actions of Macbeth so we can see how he moves, how he talks, how his face is expressed, what's his body language. Okay, when you're ready, we can begin.

Host, who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself. We will proceed no further in this business.

I've been feared

If we should fail?

We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail.

Go bid thy mistress. When my drink is ready, she strike upon the bell. Is this a dagger which I see before me. I have thee not, a dagger of the mind. A false creation. I go, I think it is done, the bell invites me. Hear it not Duncan, for it is a Knell, That summons thee to heaven or to hell.

Brilliant. So I'm going to leave my camera off because I need us to have a look at the pictures in this clip. Three main pictures that I thought would help us to understand his character from the way he moves his actions are those pictures that you can see on the screen. Remember if you ever need to rewatch a clip, you could just rewind this video. Okay. So I thought a really good verb to use for him to doing the deed would be trudged reluctantly, because at this point in the third picture, you could see that he was going to do or going to commit the act, but he was doing it reluctantly. That means doing it against his will or doing it unenthusiastic. He didn't really want to do it, but he did do it. Some other verbs, sorry, that I came up with is that he cowered and he flinched. Coward means you're kind of curling up in a bit of a ball or you're sort of retracting your body away or flinched, that means that's the same, you're kind of pulling back, because he didn't want to do something. At that point he stared, he gaped at the imaginary dagger that appeared before his eyes. And he did this, he cowered weakly, he flinched in fear, all of these adverbs and verbs portray him being a weak character. And when he stared at the imaginary dagger, he did it vacantly, he did an anxiously. He's starting to change, you can see his actions are causing his character to change. So let's have quick chat now. If you're cowering, you would be pulling towards, or would you be pulling back? Tell me the answer. Yes, you'd be pulling back, you're going. If you're doing something vacantly, you're doing it without expression, which means like this or doing it with expression. So when your face is making a lot of either your surprised, angry, sad, that's with expression. But if you're doing it with no expression, it means your face is just still. So vacant means without expression, well done. Okay, so now we're moving on to the next part of the lesson, which is when he feels guilty and in this clip, we're going to again, be looking out for things that Macbeth does. Remember verbs are doing or being words. If you do it or you are, then the word is a verb. Okay? So we're looking for doing words and the adverb describes the verb. So remember when we're watching, we're also thinking.

You do not give the chair.

May it please your highness sit?

Where?

Here my Lord.

Oh, Which of you have done this? Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake thy gory locks at me!

Gentlemen rise, his highness is not well.

Sit worthy friends. My lord is often thus. Pray you, keep seat. Are you a man, shame itself. Why do you make such faces? When all is done, you look but on a stool.

Come, love and health to all. And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss. Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal mockery, hence!

My lord.

I pray you, stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once.

Little bit scary, I hope you weren't too scared by this clip. It's a lot of go and ghosts, which I don't really like. Okay, so hopefully you've had a chance to think about, remember, you can always rewind the video, but hopefully you've had a chance. This time, I'd like you to pause the video here and like you now to write down some verbs and adverbs, to describe him in this clip. Look at the pictures to help you, in the first picture, he is something that has hands I'm not going to give the verb away. The second picture look at his face. And the third picture, what is he doing there? So pause the video, and write down some verbs and adverbs to go with each of the pictures. Hopefully you've had a chance to do that. Let's have a look at some of the ones I came up with. So I've got trembled, that means sort of shaking and gasped, which is when you go, oh, from a shock. I've got shuddered and swerved. And then my adverbs, he trembled remorsefully. That means he's regretting what he is, and he's trembling regretfully. He gasped in horror, shocked at what he did. He shuddered that means shaking as well, nervously and anxiously. And he swerved, that means sort of swinging his body away fearfully, because he could see the ghost of Banquo in the cup, in his glass. So he sort of swerved his head away from it, fearfully, that means that he was frightened. Right, let's have a recap now. You should now have some precise verbs and adverbs for Macbeth's character at each stage. So stage one, when he's on ambitious and two, when he is weak and three, when he is guilty. Using the vocabulary that we have generated, we are now going to write an adverbial clause complex sentence or a complex sentence with an adverbial clause. They're both the same. So it doesn't matter the which way round you say an adverbial clause complex sentence or a complex sentence with an adverbial clause. I really, really want you to just have a think now. And just try and remember what an adverbial clause is. You can use the screen to help you. So, an adverbial clause is using conjunctions such as; as, when, while, despite, even though, and you could either use at the start, in the middle or at the end of your complex sentence. Remember always to use adjectives as an adverb to make our writing really interesting. And then I've put in an extra reminder, remember the comma to separate the main clause and the subordinate clause. Here's an example I have, as, so I'm going to start with my adverbial conjunction as Macbeth stared wide-eyed at his bloody hands in horror, comma, he trembled remorsefully. So I've separated my main clause and my subordinate clause or my adverbial clause in this example with a comma. The second part of that sentence is my main clause, he trembled remorsefully because if I took that out, that could stand alone and make sense. As Macbeth stared wide-eyed at his bloody hands in horror, doesn't make sense on its own. So it needs the second part to make it make sense. Now it's your turn. You're going to pause the video and you're going to write an adverbial clause complex sentence about this picture. When Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo in reflected or actually in his glass, we don't know because he's actually seeing things he's hallucinating now. So we're going to start with, as, you can start with when, you could start with any adverbial conjunction that you remember, but if you don't remember, you can just use, as, and use the sentence scaffold that I have on the screen to support you, pause the video and have a go. Brilliant, so congratulations, you have completed your in this lesson. I this lesson, you have learned to write a complex sentence with a relative clause with relative pronoun, who. You've also written another complex sentence with an adverbial clause with as, or when, or even though. And then during the main part of the lesson, we looked at Macbeth's character at different stages and how his changing of character affects the way he moves, affects the way he speaks. So that's why we were able to come up with verbs appropriate for each stage of Macbeth's character. If you would like to share your work or your learning, so you should have a list of verbs and adverbs in your sentences as well, your complex sentences. If you'd love to share them, please do that with a parent or carer. And I look forward to teaching you your next lesson.

To practise using precise verbs and adverbs for characterisation

To practise using precise verbs and adverbs for characterisation

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