A Midsummer Night's Dream Lesson Plan

The Illustrated Magic

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will be able to interpret text into visual interpretation

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2

Structure:

A Midsummer Night's Dream takes place in two different but overlapping worlds, that of the more "reality"-based court of Theseus and his attendants and that of Titania and Oberon's magical kingdom. Although both worlds would be performed by human actors, how are students picturing the fairies? What images do the conflict between Oberon and Titania evoke? What are they able to do that humans can't according to what we know so far (examples might include...