The lesson that I missed this week was supposed to have been on simple exam skills such as formatting paragraphs for your personal response, including evidence into your answers and incorporating direct quotes into your responses.
Here, I have replicated the contents of the Powerpoint slides that I was to have used in class, but in word format. Please follow through the entire post and carry out the activities step by step.
You will need:
1. A Midsummer Night’s Dream playbook
2. Handouts on ‘Personal Response’ & ‘Paragraphs’
TASK 1: PERSONAL RESPONSE HANDOUT
Before you watch the clips below, please read the relevant pages of exam skills from your playbook. Refer to your play book:
•Pg: 270-272 (Essay question)
•Pg: 279-282 (Text based question)
Read these sections and clarify your doubts if any.
You may email pertinent questions to: cchmsnd3@yahoo.com.sg
Please view the relevant clips to complete the handouts that were given out to you.
Corresponding section of handout: Introducing the play
1. Introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream
When you are done with the clip, use information from the clip and what you know to introduce the play in your handout.
Introduce the general plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream without mentioning characters by name etc.
Remember that:
• Questions on plot require a thorough knowledge of how the play unfolds.
• Question typically phrased as: ‘Give an account of…’
• Supporting evidence need to be given from various parts of the play.
• Example of ‘plot’ questions: pg 276-277
2. Introducing the setting of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Watch the clip below:
Use the space provided in your handout and introduce the Athenian woods as a setting for the play.
Comment on the events that occur in the woods and what you think the woods represent as a location in the play.
You may also look at the picture below and recall what the forest, as a setting, represents in the play.
Remember that:
• Questions on setting require knowledge of the significance of Athens and the Athenian woods.
• Question typically phrased as: ‘Compare and contrast…’
• Supporting evidence need to be given from various parts of the play.
• Example of ‘setting’ questions: pg 279.
3. Introducing the characters of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
In the space provided on your handout, introduce PUCK as a character in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Use the following sentence starter: ‘When Puck says “…”, he reveals the fact that…’
Remember that:
- Questions on character demands an intimate knowledge of the various characters.
- Supporting evidence need to be given from various parts of the play.
- Example of ‘character’ questions: pg 277-278
4. Introducing the themes of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
After you have watched the clip, use the space provided in your handout to discuss ONE of the themes of the play.
Remember that:
• Questions on themes require knowledge of the issues discussed within the play.
• Supporting evidence need to be given from various parts of the play.
• Example of ‘theme’ questions: pg 278-279
Please direct all queries to: cchmsnd3@yahoo.com.sg
Enjoy your weekend, everyone! :)
