Tuesday, 14 October 2014

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM


A Midsummer Night's Dream comes complete with a 14 lesson scheme of work, a 116 slide PowerPoint presentation and 20 accompanying worksheets to help teach one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies.  The resource itself is a progressive series of lessons (see unit overview) designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the play's plot, characters, themes and language.  English Teaching Resources: A Midsummer Night's Dream covers key areas of the curriculum and can be edited and tweaked to suit your teaching needs.  The lessons cover a range of activities for pupils of all abilities such as:
    * an introduction to Shakespeare and the Elizabethan theatre
    * analysis of the characters - the aristocrats, the labourers and the fairies
    * Shakespeare's use of structure and contrast
    * language and poetic imagery
    * empathetic writing and non-fiction writing
    * exploring themes and hot seating
    * Shakespeare's comedy - creating and resolving conflict
    * extension tasks, essay questions and links
    * video links to help the teaching and learning of key scenes
    * 116 slide Powerpoint, 14 lesson unit of work overview and 20 page worksheet booklet
 Download this resource here - http://www.teacher-of-english.com/resource.php?id=652
English Teaching Resources: A Midsummer Night's Dream - 14 lesson scheme of work, 116 slide PowerPoint and 20 worksheets.

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