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For a while now, I’ve been trying to help the students I teach write a bit more about a bit less....
Click on the button to download reflection tasks for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol. They focus on the journey of the main characters (i.e. Macbeth and Scrooge) through the texts and they’re based around twenty important moments.
Macbeth
- What three moments do you think are the most significant turning points in the play?
- Which three moments contribute most to the idea that Macbeth is a tragic hero?
- What three moments really capture how Macbeth changes as the play progresses?
- Which two moments do you think an audience of the time would have been most shocked by?
- Which two moments show Macbeth at his most insecure?
- What are two important moments from the play that are not included in the list?
- What two moments show Macbeth most strongly affected by guilt?
- What two moments most vividly show the corrupting influence of power?
- Which two moments reveal a significant contrast in Macbeth’s character?
- At which point does Macbeth become a tyrant?
A Christmas Carol
- What three moments do you think are the most significant turning points in the novel?
- Which three moments most vividly show the need for social reform?
- Which three characters are the most influential in Scrooge’s transformation?
- Which two moments are most revealing about the problems in Victorian society?
- Which two moments show Scrooge at his worst?
- What are two important moments from the novel that are not included in the list?
- What two moments most clearly capture the benefits of generosity?
- What two moments most vividly show that love and friendship are more valuable than money?
- Which two moments cause Scrooge to experience the most regret?
- At which point might a reader first feel sympathy towards Scrooge?
Some other related bits for both texts that might be useful are listed below...
🧠 Revision checklists (e.g. mock exams)
📜 Reference pages (e.g. with big ideas and contextual factors)
✍️ Sentence structures and fragments (from The Writing Revolution)
I hope the stuff’s useful –
Doug
