1. EDEXCEL GCSE English Literature Walking-Talking Mock Exam
Paper 1 – Section A (Macbeth)
You should have:
An exam paper
Lined paper
AT LEAST one pen!
Different coloured
highlighters

2. Macbeth
20 marks are available for AO2 (interpretations, use of quotations, knowledge of the text, answering the question), 10 marks for AO1 10 marks for AO3 (context)

3. You should spend around 30 minutes on the section a) extract, and 25 minutes on the section b) essay.

4. a) How is Duncan presented in this extract?
Refer closely to the extract in your answer.
[20]

5. a) How is Duncan presented in this extract?
Refer closely to the extract in your answer.
[20]

6. a) How is Duncan presented in this extract?
Refer closely to the extract in your answer.
[20]

7. DONALBAIN What is amiss?
MACBETH You are, and do not know't: The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood Is stopp'd; the very source of it is stopp'd.
MACDUFF Your royal father 's murder'd.
MALCOLM O, by whom?
LENNOX Those of his chamber, as it seem'd, had done 't: Their hands and faces were an badged with blood; So were their daggers, which unwiped we found Upon their pillows: They stared, and were distracted; no man's life Was to be trusted with them.

8. DONALBAIN What is amiss?
MACBETH You are, and do not know't: The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood Is stopp'd; the very source of it is stopp'd.
MACDUFF Your royal father 's murder'd.
MALCOLM O, by whom?
LENNOX Those of his chamber, as it seem'd, had done 't: Their hands and faces were an badged with blood; So were their daggers, which unwiped we found Upon their pillows: They stared, and were distracted; no man's life Was to be trusted with them.

9. MACBETH O, yet I do repent me of my fury, That I did kill them.
 MACDUFF Wherefore did you so?
 MACBETH Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man: The expedition my violent love Outrun the pauser, reason. Here lay Duncan, His silver skin laced with his golden blood; And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature For ruin's wasteful entrance: there, the murderers, Steep'd in the colours of their trade, their daggers Unmannerly breech'd with gore: who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make 's love known?
 LADY MACBETH Help me hence, ho!
 MACDUFF Look to the lady.

10. MACBETH O, yet I do repent me of my fury, That I did kill them.
 MACDUFF Wherefore did you so?
 MACBETH Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man: The expedition my violent love Outrun the pauser, reason. Here lay Duncan, His silver skin laced with his golden blood; And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature For ruin's wasteful entrance: there, the murderers, Steep'd in the colours of their trade, their daggers Unmannerly breech'd with gore: who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make 's love known?
 LADY MACBETH Help me hence, ho!
 MACDUFF Look to the lady.

11. Let’s look at a model paragraph…
AO2 Response:
Let’s look at a model paragraph…
1. Find four features of the extract you can analyse…
2. You DO NOT need an introduction…
3. Write a paragraph about each one:
Make a point about Duncan
Give a quotation which POPS
Analyse the quotation … and then… and then… and then…
Refer back to Duncan (the question)
4. You do NOT need to talk about context in this question…

12. In this extract, the importance of the king is expressed.
Explore the importance of royalty elsewhere in the play.
In your answer you must consider:
• how royalty is shown
• why royalty is important
You should refer to the context of the play in your answer. [20]

13. In this extract, the importance of the king is expressed.
Explore the importance of royalty elsewhere in the play.
In your answer you must consider:
• how royalty is shown
• why royalty is important
You should refer to the context of the play in your answer. [20]

14. In this extract, the importance of the king is expressed.
Explore the importance of royalty elsewhere in the play.
In your answer you must consider:
• how royalty is shown
• why royalty is important
You should refer to the context of the play in your answer. [20]

15. In this extract, the importance of the king is expressed.
Explore the importance of royalty elsewhere in the play.
In your answer you must consider:
• how royalty is shown
• why royalty is important
You should refer to the context of the play in your answer. [20]

16. Finish the plan – 5 mins Royalty
Treason and loyalty
Macbeth is a warrior for Duncan – significance of loyalty and treason from the start… “unseam’d him” – what happens to people who betray kings. Foreshadowing?
James I – Shakespeare warning against treason…
Finish the plan – 5 mins
Royalty
Prophecy
“All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!”
The witches promise kingship to Macbeth and fuel his ambition…
Witchcraft

17. Write your response. 30 mins. Don’t forget CONTEXT!
Plan
Treason and loyalty
Macbeth is a warrior for Duncan – significance of loyalty and treason from the start… “unseam’d him” – what happens to people who betray kings. Foreshadowing?
James I – Shakespeare warning against treason…
Write your response. 30 mins. Don’t forget CONTEXT!
Royalty
Prophecy
“All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!”
The witches promise kingship to Macbeth and fuel his ambition…
Witchcraft

18. Key words, capital letters, question marks, paragraphing!
5 mins – CHECK your SPAG!
Key words, capital letters, question marks, paragraphing!