Shakespeare for Children - Macbeth

This book, for chilldren 8 to 11 years old, aims to spark their interest in Shakespeare's work at an early age. The book introduces children to the Bard's world and his life and times; to prevent the usual fear of the language later on in advanced studies. It is about getting young children to enjoy and become excited about the play's storyline, but keeping very much to the format of a play. Therefore, the format and structure of this book maintains the various Acts and Scenes but the storytelling format dominates for easy flow of the story, context and plot of the play. This book can be read by children or it can be read to them by parents or teachers. This Shakespeare for Children - Macbeth also provides a detailled sample of a Lesson Plan for Teachers, with added resources that challenge, and test knowledge of the contents, and provide fun-fact activities for added enjoyment of the play. Differentiated activities and suggestions for Extension of classroom activities are also added. A Quiz  is provided at the end of Acts and Scenes. This helps to track record of the skills learnt in assessment and to reward the children for work done in the scenes.