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The Many Plots of A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare Uncovered

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Title:

 The Many Plots of A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare Uncovered

URL:

 https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/shak15.ela.lit.plot/the-many-plots-of-a-midsummer-nights-dream-shakespeare-uncovered/

Content Source:

 PBS
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

This media gallery from Shakespeare Uncovered will help your students understand the many plots in A Midsummer Night's Dream, how they move the play forward, and how they are intertwined. Videos, text-dependent questions, and graphic organizers will highlight what students need to know about the play's Athenian court as well as its lovers, fairies, and rude "mechanicals."

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
1. Read, analyze, and evaluate complex literary and informational texts written from various cultural perspectives, with an emphasis on works originating outside the United States and the British Isles through 1599.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
1.
  • Analyze
  • Evaluate
  • Complex literary text
  • Complex informational texts
  • Cultural perspectives
Knowledge:
1. Students know:
  • Necessary skills to read, analyze, and evaluate complex literary and informational texts.
  • Historical texts that originated outside of the United States can provide valuable information about the past.
Skills:
1. Students are able to:
  • Read complex texts.
  • Analyze elements within complex texts.
  • Evaluate text based on specific criteria provided by teacher.
Understanding:
1. Students understand that:
  • Historical texts written from various cultural perspectives, that originated from a location other than the United States, can provide them with valuable information about past events, current events, and potential future events.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
1. Read, analyze, and evaluate complex literary and historical texts written from particular points of view or cultural experiences, with an emphasis on works of literature from the British Isles.

a. Read, analyze, and evaluate a play by William Shakespeare, including an examination of its contributions to the English language and its influences on other works of literature.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
1.
  • Analyze
  • Evaluate
  • Complex literary text
  • Complex historical texts
  • Points of view
  • Cultural perspectives
  • British Isles literature
  • Analyze
  • Evaluate
  • Examination
  • Contributions
  • Influences
    • Knowledge:
    1. Students know:
    • Necessary skills to read, analyze, and evaluate complex literary and historical texts.
    • Strategies to identify and describe various points of view and cultural perspectives.
    1a.
    • Necessary skills to read, analyze, and evaluate a play by William Shakespeare.
    • Strategies to identify the impact of Shakespeare's plays on the English language and other works of literature.
    Skills:
    1. Students are able to:
    • Read complex texts.
    • Analyze elements within complex texts.
    • Evaluate text based on specific criteria provided by the teacher.
    1a.
    • Read, analyze, and evaluate a play by William Shakespeare.
    • Examine a play by Shakespeare and determine its contributions to the English language and its influences on other works of literature.
    Understanding:
    1. Students understand that:
    • Texts written from various cultural perspectives and viewpoints can provide them with valuable information about the thoughts, opinions, and experiences of others in the present and in the past.
    1a.
    • The plays of William Shakespeare contributed to the English language with certain figures of speech and terminology and influenced other literary authors.
    Tags: A Midsummer Nights Dream, Plot, William Shakespeare
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    AccessibilityAudio resources: includes a transcript or subtitles
    Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings
    Comments

    Supporting materials for teachers and students are included with this resource.

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    Author: Jessica Byrd
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