Introduction: |
2/5- 2/6 |
Goals:
•To examine and clarify background information about the play •To explore major themes, characters, topics related to the play •To read and analyze the “play within a play” |
Focus Questions:
•What type of play is this and what should we pay attention to? •What do we need to know to understand the play? •What is this story ultimately about? •What is the “play within a Play”? •Who are the characters and what are their conflicts? |
Pyramus and Thisbe |
2/6 |
Goals:
•Expand our knowledge on Greek references in mnd •Read the “Pyramus and Thisbe” •Analyze the poem •Watch a student-made video clip of the text |
Focus Questions:
•Why does Shakespeare include mythology in his plays? |
MND Act I Scene i |
2/7 |
Goals:
•Watch a trailer to identify main events in the play •Read Act 1 Scene 1 aloud •Predict what will happen next in the play |
Focus Questions:
•What can we determine is the main events in this play? •How should we read a play out loud? •What will happen next in the plot? |
MND Act I Scene ii |
2/8 |
Goals:
•Determine main plot events •Examine the reasons for conflicts (including historical) •Summarize Scene 1 • Read/watch Scene 2 |
Focus Questions:
•Which plotline happened in Scene 1? •What information, historically, do we need to know to understand the conflicts? • Do you think Hermia's and Lysander's decision is appropriate given the situation? |
MND Act II Scene i |
2/12 |
Goals:
•Complete before you read activity •Read aloud Act 2 scene 1 •Imagine the setting •Create an artistic representation of the scene •Rationalize your choices using evidence from the text. •Examine Titania’s Speech (most likely on WED/FRI…) |
Focus Questions:
•What is the mood of this scene? •What words create this mood? •What would this scene look like? •What is happening in Titania’s Monologue? |
MND Valentine's Assignment |
2/14 |
Goals:
1.Reflect on the origins of Valentine’s Day 2.Incorporate Valentine traditions with MND 3.Continue working on Act 2. |
Focus Questions:
•Where does Valentine’s Day come from? •What are some of the traditions of Valentine’s Day? •What aspects of MND’s plot can I apply to Valentine’s Day traditions? •How do I empathize with Characters? |
MND Act II scene ii |
2/15 |
Goals:
•Discuss role reversal •Read Act 2 Scene 2 out loud as a class |
Focus Questions:
•What is role reversal and how did it create humor in Shakespeare’s work? •What major conflict arises in this scene? |
MND Act III Scene i |
2/19 |
Goals:
•Preview the act by looking at the comic version •Watch the movie version (act 3 scene 1 only) •Begin completing Act 3 activity packet |
Focus Questions:
•From the attitude and actions of the workmen/actors in this act, do you think Shakespeare treats them with respect, condescension, or a little of both? •How does Shakespeare play with language to create humor? •What is meant by “reason and love keep little company together nowadays”? Is this still true for today? |
MND Act III Scene ii |
2/20- 2/21 |
Goals:
•Read Act III scene ii •Discuss the plot and conflicts analyze characters •Determine the meaning of Prompt Copy |
Focus Questions:
•What transformations take place in the climax and how do they contribute to the theme? •What makes scene ii comical? |
MND Act III scene ii Prompt Copy (Mini Project) |
2/22 |
Goals:
•Identify and define theater terms related to the production of a play •Analyze a section of the play closely •Imagine what the scene would look like on stage |
Focus Questions:
•What is a Prompt Copy and how is useful in theater? •What would the scene look like performed? •How can an artist reflect character through movement? |
Act IV scene i |
2/26 |
Goals:
*read Act 4, scene i *Examine character shifts *Note Falling Action sequences |
Focus Questions:
*How does Titania feel once the spell is removed? *What is the importance of Bottom's Soliloquy? |
No PPT. Due to absence
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Act IV Scene ii |
2/27 |
Goals:
*read Act 4, scene ii *Examine character shifts *Note Falling Action sequences |
Focus Questions:
* how to the actors feel once Bottom has returned? * What has been decided in the town? |
No PPT. Due to absence
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Act V scene i |
2/28 |
Goals:
*Finish the play * observe how Shakespeare ties up all the lose ends * consider what and how the "play within the play" is performed. |
Focus Questions:
•How would you sum up the Athenian attitude towards the play-within-a-play? •By the end of the play, the Athenians from the city and the fairies, and the actors are all brought together and resolution is achieved. What are some of the issues and conflicts that get resolved, and how? |