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Shakespeare and the Play:
Photos of Anne Courtney's production at Walnut Hill Summer Theatre School
Surfing with the Bard Student Zone ~ Shakespeare Biography
Elizabethan Accents - learn how to pronounce Shakespeare's English!
Shakespeare 101 ~ online glossary - look up words and references from the play which you can not find in the text notes or in the hypertext version - this page loads slowly and sometimes not at all, but it is worth it
Elizabethan Theater
Shakespeare Resource Center - short articles on many topics - also information about how to put the site into your bibliography!
England at the time of Shakespeare:
Life of Women in Tudor England
Elizabethan Costuming Page
Elizabethan Life
Life in Elizabethan England: a Compendium of Common Knowledge
The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth - includes much background information
Shakespeare's Life and Times
Shakespeare: Interent Editions - follow the "links" to locate a rich list of sites - check out the "Fun Stuff"See also the many resources in the Elizabethan Diary web hunt.
- In class and homework, individual and group assignments
Shakespeare Theme Park - A background webquest for Middle School classes in which students research specific topics related to Elizabethan London for the purpose of creating a 21st century theme park.
Elizabethan Diaries- A webquest created by John McIlvain in which students research the background of a specific character, London, and specific events, then write diary entries.
WebQuest on Elizabethan England by Arlene Lewis - in this quest students work in pairs to create journals describing specified activities in Elizabethan England
Midsummer Night's Vocabulary - 20 words with line references to be used in review.
HW and In-class work: Study questions, Missing Direction, Missing Scenes, Writing Exercises
The Elizabethan Enquirer - Midsummer, 1595
Lists and Listing - The Cat in the Hat meets Shakespeare
A Different Story - retelling the plot(s) in various other literary forms
Side-by-Side Midsummer - A PowerPoint slide show which presents both modern and "Shakespearean" versions of the play. It develops skills of line reading, paraphrasing, illustration, and understanding of the play's metaphors and language.
e-Text - see this short explanation about how to structure the use of an e-text for close reading and cooperative learning
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- Online lesson plans and resources for teachers.
See also the general resources listed as Background resources and the links provided in the Shakespeare Theme Park and Elizabethan Diaries web activities.
IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection
Center for Puppetry Arts Education Distance Learning - provides a puppet version (remote performance), complete with Q&A and a study guide
Midsummer Night's Dream - critical discussions
Enjoying a Midsummer Night's Dream - a "fan page" for the play with information accessible to students
Complete Hypertext of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Surfing with the Bard Play Zone MND ~ The Dream Unfolds - this retelling of the story is a wonderful introductory read-aloud for Middle School students. The site contains numerous dramatic exercises and lesson plans which can be adapted for the Middle School classroom.
Surfing with the Bard Midsummer Night's Dream Guide - links to the above and much more. This loads slowly - be patient!
Merry and Tragical - silences - a study of the silence of Hermia and Helena after Act IV.
Ovid Metamorphoses 4.55 - the story of Pyramis and Thisbe
Webspeare: a Shakespeare educational resource for high school students and their teachers.
Puck -- That shrewd and knavish sprite called Robin Goodfellow - dedicated to Robin Goodfellow, who is often the most-loved character for students
Shakespeare Study Questions and Guides - MonkeyNotes | Sparknotes | Midsummer Night's Dream Study Questions
Print resources:
A Midsummer Night's Dream, abridged by Leon Garfield, illustrated by Elena Prorokova. NY, Knopf, 1992. ISBN 0-679-83870-8 - an intelligent abridgment which can be acted, with the addition of some lines for the better memorizers, at the 6th grade level.
Teaching Shakespeare - Yes You Can! by Lorraine Hopping Egan. NY, Scholastic Professional Books, 1998. A paperback activity guide focused upon introductory activities for Middle School students. Many of the activities can be expanded upon and adapted for use in a web-based curriculum. The focus is upon language, games, and participation.
Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain 8/11/04
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