'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Act 2 scenes 1+2

Lessons that explore Act 2, scenes 1 and 2 of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

Powerpoint includes: analytical and creative activities linked to the fairies in scene 1; reading the play, checkpoint and recap activities for Act 2, exploring persuasive techniques and their use in speeches through analysis, writing and creative design tasks.

Resource includes: 13 slide Powerpoint for lessons, Act 2 scene 1 with modern translation sheet, Act 2 scene 1 fairy extract analysis sheet, ‘My Fairy’ template sheet (can be blown up to A3), Act 2 scene 2 summary sheet, and persuasive speech example sheet.

Content for about approximately 4-5 lessons (but this is dependent on class ability / time chosen to dedicate to each task / whether any of these tasks are set as homework).

Suitable for KS3 and KS4.