Week 3

What students do

Read Titania's "forgeries of jealousy" speech. Map the disorders (winds, fogs, rivers, corn, sheep).

Task

Underline every image of disorder in lines 81-117.

Success criteria

Lists 5+ disorder images linked to the fairy quarrel.

What students do

Compare Theseus's court (Week 2) with the fairy realm. In court, law silences women; in the wood, Titania matches Oberon line for line.

Task

In threes, list three differences between court and wood.

Success criteria

Identifies differences in power, language, setting; supports with quotation.

What students do

Model: "Shakespeare presents Titania as defiant because she refuses Oberon's demand: 'Set your heart at rest: / The fairy land buys not the child of me.'"

Task

Write a paragraph on how Shakespeare presents the supernatural in 2.1.

Success criteria

Paragraph names a method (imagery, blank verse, repetition), embeds a quote, infers an effect.

What students do

Demonstrate connecting two quotations with "Furthermore".

Task

Add a second paragraph to yesterday's work on Oberon's plotting.

Success criteria

Pupils link two paragraphs cohesively; one Tier-2 word used.

What students do

Recap "whereas" and "by contrast" for comparison.

Task

How does Shakespeare present the quarrel between Oberon and Titania?

Success criteria

Comparative language, two quotations, explains effect on natural world.