Week 6

What students do

Build a comparison grid: Theseus/Hippolyta, Oberon/Titania, four lovers, Bottom/Titania. Love and power columns.

Task

Complete the grid in books with one quotation per pairing.

Success criteria

Grid contains four pairings with at least one quotation each.

What students do

Model: "Whereas the court silences Hermia, the wood gives Titania a voice. Both, however, end in marriage."

Task

Class debate: does the play celebrate love or expose it as absurd?

Success criteria

Uses "whereas" or "by contrast"; references at least two scenes.

What students do

Model: "In Act 1.1, Theseus warns Hermia she must 'die the death'; by Act 5.1, the same Duke presides over her marriage to Lysander."

Task

Write a comparative paragraph on authority across the play.

Success criteria

Compares two scenes, embeds two quotations, identifies a shift or parallel.

What students do

Use "motif" - transformation runs from Hermia's defiance to Bottom's ass-head to the lovers' shifting affections.

Task

Write a paragraph tracing the motif of transformation across two scenes.

Success criteria

Names the motif, gives two examples, explains how it builds.

What students do

Plan a 30-minute essay on the board.

Task

How does Shakespeare present love and power across A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Success criteria

References three of four scenes, three embedded quotations, clear conclusion.