Word Search: Macbeth Somewhat Antiquated

Explore older language from Macbeth through vocabulary work and a word search. Students connect unfamiliar terms with present-day meanings before checking the completed puzzle.
Grades
Grades 9–12
Pages
2
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Mar 24, 2023

Subject
ELA, Vocabulary
Topic
Macbeth, Archaic vocabulary
Resource types
Word Searches
Answer key
Included
Standards
L.9.4

Product description

From the author

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

This Word Search: Macbeth Somewhat Antiquated is a ready to use resource, just have to print it!

This Word Search: Macbeth Somewhat Antiquated was design for high 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.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recognize 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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What makes this different from a general Macbeth word search?

It focuses on eighteen antiquated terms and their present-day meanings.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • L.9.4

Core concepts

  • Macbeth vocabulary

  • Antiquated words

  • Word search

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