Macbeth’s Final Say (Individual Piece)

 
 
• Develop  a  closing  statement  for  the  Macbeth  trail  -­‐  pick  a  side!  You  are  either  part  of  the  
defence  or  part  of  the  prosecution.    
• This  is  a  written  assignment  that  will  be  completed  in  class  in  paragraph  form.    
• This  is  your  last  attempt  to  persuade  the  jury.  You  should  string  together  all  of  your  evidence  
and  present  it  in  a  strong,  fluid  and  persuasive  manner.    
• Like  a  conclusion,  your  closing  statement  should  present  a  summary  of  your  argument.    
 
 
Follow  this  checklist  in  order  to  complete  your  closing  statement:  
o    I  have  followed  the  structure  of  a  3  part  argument    
Ø Beginning    (Initial  conflict  –  what  you’re  arguing  about)  
Ø Middle    (Why  you  think  Macbeth  should  be  guilty  or  not  guilty)  
Ø End    (Your  evidence)  
o    I  have  used  a  minimum  of  3  pieces  of  proof  from  Shakespeare’s  Macbeth  to        
             follow-­‐through  with  my  argument    
o    I  have  used  a  minimum  of  5  adjectives  to  enlighten  Macbeth’s  good  or  bad    
             qualities    
o    I  checked  my  spelling,  grammar  and  punctuation  
 
 
  Level  4   Level  3   Level  2   Level  1  
Reading:  1.3     Speech   Speech   Speech   Speech  
Demonstrating   demonstrates  a   demonstrates   demonstrates  some   demonstrates  
Understanding  of   thorough   considerable   understanding  of   limited  
Content   understanding  of   understanding  of   the  trial     understanding  of  
  the  trial   the  trial   the  trial    
Reading:  1.4  Making   Speech  makes   Speech  makes   Speech  makes   Speech  makes  
Inferences   inferences  about   inferences  about   inferences  about   inferences  about  
  the  character  with   the  character  with   the  character  with   the  character  with  
a  high  degree  of   considerable   some  effectiveness   limited  
effectiveness   effectiveness   effectiveness    
Writing:  1   Content  is  well   Content  is  well   Content  is  well   Content  is  well  
Developing  and   organized  and  uses   organized  and  uses   organized  and  uses   organized  and  uses  
organizing  content     the  speech  format   the  speech  format   the  speech  format   the  speech  format  
  with  a  high  degree   with  considerable   with  some   with  limited  
of  effectiveness   effectiveness   effectiveness   effectiveness  
Writing:  3  Applying   Written  speech   Written  speech   Written  speech   Written  speech  
knowledge  of   demonstrates   demonstrates   demonstrates  some   demonstrates  
conventions   thorough  use  of   considerable  use  of   use  of  conventions     limited  use  of  
  conventions   conventions     conventions    

Writing:  1.2   The  student   The  student   The  student   The  student  
Generating  and   generates  and   generates  and   generates  and   generates  and  
developing  ideas     develops  ideas   develops  ideas   develops  ideas   develops  ideas  
with  a  high  degree   with  considerable   with  some   with  limited  
of  effectiveness   effectiveness   effectiveness   effectiveness