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A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Teachers 12th
You might not be able to put a girdle around the earth in forty minutes but you can generate interest in A Midsummer’s Night Dream in that length of time. As an introduction to Shakespeare’s comedy, pairs of students assume the roles of...
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A Midsummer Night's Quote: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
Normally, these Fun Trivia quizzes are not very beneficial. However, this quote identification worksheet may be useful to test familiarity with the characters in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Pyramus and Thisbe

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Focus on the play embedded in A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe. All questions in this quiz are concerned with the play-within-a-play and the amateur actors within it.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream quiz

For Students 10th - 12th
An overview of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Brief and not too difficult, this multiple-choice quiz covers a random smattering of the play.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Students may check some of their answers online.
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William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Conflict Resolution and Happy Endings

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze the characters and conflicts in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream. For this conflict resolution lesson, students read the play and track the character actions with the specific plots. Students then predict endings...
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Shakespeare Club

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore literature dramatization. In this Shakespeare lesson, students discuss the characters from the play A Midsummer Night's Dream and construct costumes and a set.
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I WILL NOT HEAR THAT PLAY: PERFORMING A DUMB SHOW

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners perform a "dumb show" based on a short passage from either A Midsummer Night's Dream or King Lear. This technique allows students to explain the action taking place on stage and the variety of different ways that action can be...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Your class may enjoy taking this short online quiz on A Midsummer Night's Dream to self-assess basic reading comprehension; however, its lack of rigor and authority precludes it from being a suitable class assignment.
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A Midsummer Night's Quiz

For Students 9th - 11th
Take a look at this online interactive quiz if you're looking for a test of your class' understanding of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Know that it does not require critical thinking or analysis.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars read and perform William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In this Shakepeare play lesson, students read the script for the play and practice the simplified version of the play.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the book A Midsummer Night's Dream. In this literature lesson, students identify main characters and vocabulary words from the text. Middle schoolers participate in a book discussion group.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine patterns of imagery in A Midsummer Night's Dream by using online resources. Students compare the patterns they see to those they've found in other Shakespeare plays. Then pupils draw conclusions about why Shakespeare might...
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Guess that Scene: A Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream Through Performance

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students rewrite and perform various scenes from the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. In groups, they include the main quotes and ideas from their scene, perform it for the class, and identify which scene each group is performing.
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MND Sound Ball Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are introduced to Act II, scene 1, lines 188-244 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." They explore and analyze how dramatic lines can have varied interpretations by playing a game of sound ball utilizing a list of vocabulary words...
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So Much Can Happen in a Night!

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore Shakespearean comedy. They read and discuss A Midsummer Night's Dream and create a soundtrack, complete with CD cover, for the play.
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False Starts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform and discuss three scenes from the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. They discuss the similarities and differences, identify the order of the scenes, and read the first twenty lines of the play.
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A Series of Tragical Mirth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and perform various scenes from the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. They perform each scene as both a tragedy and a comedy, then discuss the difference in the way the scenes were presented.
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"Such Affection Move": Finding Staging Clues in A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform various scenes from the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. They examine and discuss the text and stage directions, then perform their scenes in small groups for the class.