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Review: MacBeth E-Guide by Progeny Press

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We are Shakespeare fans at our house.  The stories are compelling, the characters are complex, the language is to die for.  Plus, I have enough high school students at home to pass out roles and have a reader's theater whenever we study Shakespeare! However, we've found that we get much more out of our Shakespeare studies when we have help.  Enter the MacBeth E-Guide by Progeny Press ! This high-school level study guide is divided naturally into pre-reading information and activities, one section each for the 5 acts of the play, an overview section, and a final writing assignment section.  There is also a page of Additional Resources that lists other plays by Shakespeare, some books about Shakespeare, and some videos (after all, a play is meant to be seen). Studies for each act includes vocabulary, a quotation to unscramble and identify, "General" questions (basic comprehension of facts and events), "Analysis" questions, "Dig Deeper" ...