Act III: Story Time
The witches, ghosts, and characters in Shakespeare's Macbeth are sinister and frightening. Suppose you are invited into an elementary classroom to share the play Macbeth with all of the kids.
How would you hold the "story time" without giving the children nightmares? Write an adaptation [another version] of the events in the play, which include the scarier aspects of the play: Macbeth, the witches, and the ghosts.
Post this story to your own blog, and then critique another classmate's version for appropriate content.
If i were to do story time in an Elementary school about Macbeth, i would make it so it is appropriate and not scary. I would start off by explaining the background of the story. Which is, a about a man named Macbeth who is a hero like spiderman. However, this "spiderman" wants to be a king. He decided he wanted to be king after these three funny looking sisters told him that he will be king one day. So, "spiderman" hired a few people to help him become king.
So, throughout the story these people would help "spiderman" be next in line to be a king. As "spiderman" becomes closer to being king, he gets selfish. These three funny looking sisters are not happy about him wasting their time. Next, the three people "spiderman" hired continue to make him more worthy of being king.
Good story, easy to understand for a 5 year old. Scare Level 1 out of 5. Detail Level 4 out of 5.
ReplyDeleteI love how you related Macbeth to Spiderman. Every child can relate with Spiderman and this makes the story more intriguing. Using "funny-looking" instead of "ugly" to describe the witches was a nice way to steer away from insulting language and bad examples for kids. As every children's story does, Macbeth has a moral and you clearly stated it here. Bravo Jesse, bravo!
ReplyDeleteOH BY THE WAY. The scariness level was 2 and accuracy was 4.
ReplyDeleteJesse, I think that it was a great idea comparing Macbeth to Spiderman, your story was a 1 out of 5 on scariness, and it was funny and explained the story pretty well, 4 out of 5 overall.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that i think you could have changed was that i think you could have been a little less vague.