Shakespeare inspired literacy lessons for middle school

I recently found Orchard Book's version of Shakespeare's works by Andrew Matthews and am excited to use them in my lessons. I don't know if they have the full version, but here's a snapshot of what I found at the library- They are the smaller paperbacks in the middle.

We have only started the first lesson ( I always find it easier to plan than execute), but the kids seem to be taking to it well. They have read another version of the work and are aware of the storyline. I started with just the cast of characters. 

The book has two pages of illustration of the different characters in the book. You can make your own copy and ask the children to label the characters based purely on how they are illustrated. Have an uncut version for them to refer to when done. The children did this easily enough (maybe I can do this with Sarah when she's six). 

Thereafter, I gave a short summary of Macbeth to the children (actually after Umayr gave me his). The children then went on to illustrate their own version of an evil character. Umayr's was rather gory (Maybe I shouldn't have let him watch all that Horrible Histories) while Sofiyya's was horrid. 

In the next lesson, (I hope) we will look at the three hags and their meeting with Macbeth and Banquo and discuss some quotes. I will also bring in geography and history lessons on Scotland.