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- ISBN 9781801998550
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 27 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Bloomsbury Teacher Guide: Macbeth gives you everything you need to teach Shakespeare's most famous tragedy, tailored for both GCSE and A-level students.
Designed as the perfect companion for secondary practitioners, this teacher guide weaves together the expert subject knowledge, ready-to-use resources and tried-and-tested classroom strategies needed to teach Shakespeare’s renowned play. Bloomsbury Teacher Guide: Macbeth covers the main points that need to be taught to pupils from various exam board specifications. It offers practical and adaptable resources to engage students, deepen their understanding, and improve their analytical writing.
Created with the needs of students at its heart, Bloomsbury Teacher Guide: Macbeth supports conceptual understanding, oracy, independent reading skills and develops extended writing, as well as offering a unique focus on the play in performance. Amy Smith and Conor Hanratty provide ideas and resources for exploring the staging of Macbeth, creating a fresh insight to Shakespeare's play.
Bloomsbury Teacher Guides contain research-informed, engaging strategies for relevant lessons and exam preparation, including retrieval practice, scaffolding and reciprocal reading. The book includes exclusive downloadable and printable teaching resources for instant use in the classroom to support students at all levels, appropriate for all GCSE and A Level exam boards, and pre-teaching at KS3 level. Whether you are new to teaching or looking for varied ideas to try out in the classroom, this Bloomsbury Teacher Guide will be your expert companion to the study of Macbeth.
Amy Smith holds a BA (hons) in English Literature from Durham University, an MSc from the University of Oxford, and a PhD from Durham. Amy has been an English teacher for over ten years and is currently the Teaching and Learning Lead for Framwellgate School in Durham, where she also has whole-school responsibility for leading literacy and reading. She has contributed to LitDrive, as well as authoring a student revision guide to Othello for The Quotation Bank. Follow Amy @amy_smith117
Conor Hanratty has a BA (hons) in Drama & Latin from Trinity College, Dublin, an MA in Greek Theatre Performance from Royal Holloway, and an MFA in Theatre Directing from UCLA. Since completing his studies in Los Angeles in 2011, Conor has been based primarily in Dublin, directing a broad variety of theatre and opera productions ranging from ancient drama to new plays. He teaches regularly at the Lir Academy in Dublin. In 2017, Conor started The Hamlet Podcast, a weekly in-depth exploration of Shakespeare plays, which has reached hundreds of thousands of listeners worldwide.
