--- title: "Macbeth: Saying More About Less | KS4 English Teaching Resource" description: Download these 'Building a Point' slides to use in the classroom, these are to help students write a bit more about a bit less. 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The blue slide in the screenshot contains a ‘finished’ example.  The yellow slides show the ‘clues’ I provide.  Not sure why I included the same slide twice on my tweet – think I must’ve been tired! Click on the link below to access fourteen different ‘Building a Point’ slides that span the whole play.  They should be easy to adapt. [Macbeth: Building a Point](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/hubfs/Building-a-Point-Macbeth.pptx)   The scenes and quotations are below… **A1-S3**: Macbeth hopes that ‘chance may crown’ him king **A1-S4**: Macbeth appeals to the stars to ‘hide their fires’ **A1-S5**: Lady Macbeth remarks that the ‘raven himself is hoarse’ **A1-S7**: Macbeth concedes that Duncan has been ‘so clear in his great office’ **A2-S1**: Banquo says to Fleance that there’s ‘husbandry in heaven; their candles are all out’ **A2-S2**: Macbeth doubts that ‘all great Neptune’s ocean’ could wash the blood from his hands **A2-S3**: Macbeth describes Duncan’s ‘silver skin laced with his golden blood’ **A3-S2**: Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that his ‘noble friends do lack’ him **A4-S2**: Macduff’s son cries out to his mother that the murderer has ‘kill’d’ him **A4-S3**: Malcolm compares Macbeth to Satan by saying that ‘angels are bright still, though the brightest fell’ **A5-S1**: Lady Macbeth says that ‘all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten’ her hand **A5-S3**: Macbeth reflects that he will lack ‘honour, love, obedience, troops of friends’ in his old age **A5-S5**: Macbeth exclaims, ‘out, out, brief candle!’ **A5-S9**: Malcolm describes Macbeth as a ‘dead butcher’ Hope the stuff’s useful – Doug [![⚔️ MACBETH RESOURCES](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/143698377/interactive-87809133036.png)](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/hs/cta/wi/redirect?encryptedPayload=AVxigLJv%2BW6%2BvN0gfCe%2B%2FnSB3iAnoyAqQE0lUJLykJffJJe9SkluyQx6OGfvRqziqz1nTsS83KVz6CB44jgSQXUqtyx554S8l8UNnp5z4B8t9XTvsnMd%2BbikwfB5B3f8hL729LfT3cLOVEgIz7SN0VhXhAK3sFUWynFFanhNejFW8kHNFjUX1aNaJWh0szSMsOOyvcLYZLtZSOmhitKA0qLD%2FshZJMakjsu8HmiyW1Lt2uSVoGGj0T2sxZRGbTqSmPsI%2BajS0P76VKxgvE4x5%2F7VViMNBy08xO5TN9jovGQ%3D&webInteractiveContentId=87809133036&portalId=143698377) ![Form CTA](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/143698377/interactive-87581475011.png) [KS4](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/tag/ks4), [Macbeth](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/tag/macbeth) ## Related posts [![](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/GCSE-Macbeth-Study-Booklet-800x445.jpg?height=200&name=GCSE-Macbeth-Study-Booklet-800x445.jpg)](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-macbeth-study-booklet) [KS4](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/tag/ks4), [Macbeth](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/tag/macbeth) ## [GCSE English Literature: Macbeth Study Booklet](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-macbeth-study-booklet) ![Picture of Douglas Wise](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Profile/douglas-wise%20(2).jpg?width=50&name=douglas-wise%20(2).jpg) [Douglas Wise](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/author/wise) 9 March, 2020 Click on the button above to access a booklet on Macbeth. 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