2. -11th grade English
-small, suburban High School
-20 students: 10 boys, 10 girls
-85% white, 10% African-American, 5%
Asian
-One student with ADHD
3. The students will read William
Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream” and present a project with an
assigned group.
The students will learn this within a weeks
period.
There will be a 90% degree of proficiency.
5. • See what the class already knows about
Shakespeare
• Discuss his background/read article
What year he lived/died?
What was going on when he was alive?
What was the culture/their response to
his works?
Elizabethan period
Read act 1
Get assigned groups
6. • The impact Shakespeare had on his
society
• How that affects our society today
• Can you still relate to a writing that was
written that long ago? Why or why not?
• Read articles/look at works
• Read act 2
• Work on group project
7. • Look at the different works of Shakespeare
• Read scenes from his comedies, tragedies,
and romantic dramas
• Compare and contrast to TV shows and
movies that are popular today
• YouTube clips will be shown of adaptations
of Shakespeare’s works
• Read act 3
• Post on facebook
• Work on group project
8. • Split the classroom into groups and give them scenes
from different plays of Shakespeare’s
• Have them practice to do their own adaptation of the
scene on Friday
• Students can modernize it, keep it the same, or do
anything as long as the content/message stays the
same
• Students will use laptops to rewrite scenes and print
out
Read act 4
Post on facebook
Work on group project
9. • Each group will perform their scenes
• Read act 5
• Assigned article over weekend
• Post on facebook
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIcCE3s_rFc
William Shakespeare (2011). In History.com. Retrieved
February 2, 2015, from
http://www.history.com/topics/british-
history/william-shakespeare
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the Arts. Retrieved February 2, 2015, from
http://www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.o
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