Four versions: Première (B1+ to B2) · Terminale LV1 (B2 to C1, C1/C2 track) · Bac pro (B1) · Adapted (B1)

Macbeth: Ambition, Darkness and Guilt

Henry Fuseli, The Three Witches, 1783, Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich
Henry Fuseli, The Three Witches, 1783, Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

A sequence on William Shakespeare's Macbeth: witches and prophecies, ambition, murder, ghosts, guilt and the darkness of Jacobean Scotland, perfect for the Halloween season. Choose your version.

Première · Upper secondary · B1+ towards B2
Full sequence with scaffolding, original texts with glossary.
Terminale LV1 · Upper secondary · B2 to C1 · C1/C2 extension track
B1 as entry point only. Every session ends with a C1/C2 track: longer original extract, critical analysis, nuanced vocabulary, argued writing and debate. Optional C1/C2 essay out of 20.
Version B · Bac pro · B1 (lighter version)
Real Shakespeare lines with a glossary, shorter tasks, more scaffolding.
Adapted version · dyslexia and neurodiverse students · B1
Version B content with an easy to read typeface, wide line spacing, one task per box, a read aloud button and a one step at a time mode.
Season hub · D’où naît la terreur ?
The Crucible, Macbeth, Le Horla and La Vénus d’Ille: four works, one question.

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