A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
Curriculum-At-Large
“You…ACORN!”
-Lysander, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Student work
on the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” begins with the reading of the play, as
in-class and homework activities. The
entire section is divided into nine days worth of activities, as seen here:
|
Day |
Lesson |
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One |
Introduction to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Students are expected t have read the handout “Shakespearian Comedy” as homework. There is an introductory activity (which will count as a quiz grade) based on this information. We will begin reading Act 1 of the play in class, and the rest of the Act will be homework. If we should finish the entire Act in class, then you have no homework! The closing activity will be based on what we read
in class. |
|
Two |
Introductory Activity: You will be prepared as long as you have read Act 1, as assigned. We will continue reading Act 2 in class, whatever we do not finish will be homework. Our closing activity will focus on |
|
Three |
Introductory Activity: You will be prepared as long as you have read Act 2, as assigned. We will continue reading Act 3 in class, whatever we do not finish will be homework. Closing
Activity: Hermia
and |
|
Four |
Introductory Activity: Who is your favorite character in the play? Why? What is one thing you don’t like about this character? We will continue reading Act 4 in class, whatever we do not finish will be homework. Our closing activity will focus on some of the key events of the Act. |
|
Five |
Writing Workshop (See the Class Syllabus for
details.) |
|
|
“A Midsummer Night’s Resume” Day One (See
the Lesson Page) |
|
Seven |
“A Midsummer Night’s Resume” Day Two (See
the Lesson Page) |
|
Eight |
“A Midsummer Night’s Resume” Day Three (See
the Lesson Page) |
|
Nine |
“A Midsummer Night’s Resume” Day Four (See
the Lesson Page) |
Further Web Resources include:
Web Resources
Purdue OWL: Resume Writing
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/#sub2
The Purdue Online Writing Lab's Web site includes a variety of resources on writing resumes, including specific types of resumes and the individual sections comprising a resume.
Microsoft Office Resume Templates
http://search.officeupdate.microsoft.com/TemplateGallery/ct116.asp
Resume templates from Microsoft to give students ideas. Be sure to encourage students to be original.
Shakespeare
and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
Shakespeare and the Internet is a nice window into the world of Shakespeare online. Good starting point for contextualization of plays (background searches).
Search Shakespeare
http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/~matty/Shakespeare/
Contains searchable text for all of Shakespeare's dramas. Students can search by word or phrase.
U.S.
Government Job Announcements
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
Government-wide Vacancy Announcements for a variety of fields and skill levels and with no popup ads.
Some of the information for this Lesson and Unit was supplied by Read-Write-Think. The original lesson is available here