Planning to teach the Tragedy of the Scottish King?
One of my favorite passages that usually gets tucked under the theme of the agonizing consequences of a guilty conscience is in Act 2, scene 2, when Macbeth [SPOLER ALERT] loses his mind after murdering the reigning monarch.
This little gem defining the features and benefits of sleep remains relevant in our overachieving, always striving, nope-hustle-culture-didn’t-die-during-the-pandemic meritocracy.
One of the gut-wrenching aspects of teaching young adults is watching them slip from seasons of sleep deprivation into a lifestyle of sleeplessness.
It stinks when I realize I’ve made the same transition, too.
So hopefully, if you do teach Macbeth, this free poster and analysis worksheet will speed your way toward the “Chief nourisher in life’s feast.”
Sweet dreams!
Always Learning HQ 
A tease in hallowed texts a poison posset, yeah
a mare in the night would toss me off to scream
to sneeze a day of screeds, alas what screaking
a screeching Diogenes, an owl of day
a dagger claw for “Criminal Minds” TV.
To brood or sleep with demon brews so foul?
The cauldron has cats and rats and plague.
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