Word Search: Macbeth Somewhat Antiquated

Macbeth Somewhat Antiquated focuses on words whose usage may be unfamiliar to contemporary readers. Learners locate eighteen listed terms in the grid and can connect each one with its meaning in the play’s context. A completed second page shows the puzzle solution and decoded material for teacher review. The activity supports vocabulary preview or reinforcement while keeping the exact hidden entries and solution text out of customer-facing copy.
Year levels
Years 9–12
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Updated Mar 24, 2023

Subject
Literature, English
Topic
Word Search, Macbeth
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This Word Search: Macbeth Somewhat Antiquated resource is a great way to enable your students to find antiquated words that Shakespeare used in Macbeth.
Students will find in this Word Search: Macbeth Somewhat Antiquated 18 somewhat antiquated words along with their definitions listed boldly below the grid.

The words are hidden horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forwards, and backwards. Once they find each of the words, students may arrange the un-circled (or uncrossed out) letters in order, and this will allow them to find a quote and its source.
The characters included in this Word Search: Macbeth Somewhat Antiquated resource are:
Beldams

Benison

Champion me

Epicures

Hurlyburly

Kerns

Magot-pies

Nine Farrow

Ravin up

Ronyon

Saucy

Shoughs

Sooth

Staves

Thralls

Unfix my hair

Unrough

Vizards

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This Word Search: Macbeth Somewhat Antiquated was design for secondary school students and it may be used in conjunction with a literature lesson, vocabulary, or quotes explorations. Students may complete this resource individually, in pairs, or as part of a unit of study.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recognise older vocabulary used in dramatic text

  • Locate target spellings in a dense grid

  • Connect unfamiliar terms with current meanings

Teaching tips

  • Discuss meanings before or after the search rather than treating it as spelling alone.

  • Have learners use one selected term in a modern paraphrase.

Skills covered

  • Literary vocabulary

  • Word-search scanning

  • Historical-language interpretation

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