← GCSE English Literature

Session 118

2026-10-19 · 2026-W43 ✓ reviewed

What happened

Macbeth Act 1 Sc 3 prophecy work, 11:17-12:05 on 19 Oct, run in a chat where the tracker was switched off and logged on 20 Oct from the transcript (a second 19 Oct session, #116, exists from another sitting). Cold recall: the witches' three titles (Glamis, Cawdor, king hereafter) right first time; Banquo 'not a king but father to kings' right. Reactions to the prophecies: first answer 'confusion and happiness' for Macbeth, 'happy' for Banquo; after a hint she reached Banquo as cautious and Macbeth startled, wanting to be king. Banquo's warning first given as 'might make Macbeth kill the king' (jumped ahead), corrected. Quote recall 'blank'; 'why do you start, and seem to fear / things that do sound so fair' supplied by tutor. Built one sentence at a time with Shakespeare as subject; exit-ticket paragraph written alone: what + quote + inference (Macbeth afraid of what he must do to be king), quote not embedded, method not named. About 8 asks, 1 blank (quote recall), 0 refused. Spelling: farther, happyness. Stopped at her 'times up' after the exit ticket; her own two closing lines not seen. No status changes.

Planned next

FIRST, cold: the line 'seem to fear / things that do sound so fair', asked alone with nothing on screen. Then she rewrites the exit-ticket paragraph with that quote inside her sentence and one method named (Banquo's question, or the fear/fair contrast), her words only. Spell father, happiness, because.

Unfinished unfinished

Exit-ticket paragraph feedback not actioned: quote not embedded, method not named. Quote 'seem to fear' not recalled cold. Her two closing lines not seen. Ten plot steps cold still owed.

Unfinished: Exit-ticket paragraph feedback not actioned: quote not embedded, method not named. Quote 'seem to fear' not recalled cold. Her two closing lines not seen. Ten plot steps cold still owed. (K1, S1.2, K3.1)

What this session changed

TopicNameChangeEvidence recorded
S1.2Gap → GapCold: witches' three titles in order and Banquo's 'father to kings' right first time; Banquo's warning wrong first time (said it would make Macbeth kill the king), right after a hint. Ten steps not run.
K1Developing → DevelopingExit-ticket paragraph alone: what (prophecies startle Macbeth), quote placed beside the sentence, why (afraid of what he must do to be king). Quote not embedded; method not named. Next: embed and name one method.
K5Developing → DevelopingShakespeare as subject in 3 of 3 written sentences today, including the unaided exit ticket; no 'they' for the writer. Not yet checked across a different task.
K6.1Gap → GapTyped slips: farther (father), happyness (happiness). Both given back once, not yet asked cold.