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Model paragraphs about Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

I can evaluate model paragraphs about the presentation of Oberon and Titania in Act 2, Scene 1 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, and use my evaluation to develop my own writing.

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Year 8

Model paragraphs about Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

I can evaluate model paragraphs about the presentation of Oberon and Titania in Act 2, Scene 1 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, and use my evaluation to develop my own writing.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Annotating a question about ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ ensures you focus on the right topic.
  2. Dramatic methods are the tools a playwright uses to create their work e.g. characterisation, setting, stage directions.
  3. When writing about the play, you should explore Shakespeare's dramatic methods.

Keywords

  • Evaluate - to look at something carefully and make a judgement about it

  • Stage directions - text in a play script which gives information about how a scene should be staged, or how an actor should say a particular line

  • Dramatic methods - the tools a playwright uses to create their work; for example, characterisation, setting, language choices, stage directions

  • Malevolent - cruel, malicious, evil

  • Annotate - to add short notes to a piece of text with your own ideas and comments; a key skill in English

Common misconception

Analysis means zooming in to individual words and explaining what they mean.

Exploring quotations is more than just looking at individual words and offering paraphrase or synonym. Your exploration of the quotation should develop your ideas about the question, and look at dramatic methods (more than just individual words).

Consider how you will re-read and gather ideas during the practice task of learning cycle 1. It is crucial that this is a rich activity, or pupils will have nothing to write about for learning cycle 2. You could consider using a visualiser to model how students should re-read and annotate.
Teacher tip

Equipment

You need access to a copy of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. However, the relevant extracts for this lesson can also be found in the additional materials.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying
  • Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', there is a fight between Oberon and Titania. Titania speaks many more lines than Oberon. What could we infer about the relationship between the two?
Oberon relies on Puck to speak for him.
Correct answer: Titania is not scared of Oberon.
Titania feels inferior to Oberon.
Correct answer: Titania is more dominant.
Titania is of a higher status than Oberon.
Q2.
In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', after Titania leaves Oberon in the forest, what is the first thing he does?
decides to put the love potion on Demetrius
calls Titania proud and jealous
states he will get Puck to steal the boy from Titania
states he will make Bottom fall in love with her
Correct answer: states he will get revenge on Titania because she continues to disobey him
Q3.
When considering 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', you should explore Shakespeare's dramatic methods. Which of the following are examples of dramatic methods?
actors
the Elizabethan audience
Shakespeare's life
Correct answer: language choices
Correct answer: stage directions
Q4.
In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon asks Titania, "Am I not thy...?".
Correct Answer: lord
Q5.
In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon asks Titania, "Am I not thy lord?". Titania replies, "Then I must be thy..."
Correct Answer: lady, Lady
Q6.
When Oberon and Titania first appear on stage in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon calls Titania a "wanton". What does this word mean?
a sworn enemy
Correct answer: a rebellious woman
a powerful queen
a supernatural being
a proud ruler

6 Questions

Q1.
In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', why might we describe the character of Oberon as malevolent?
he is a King
he is supernatural
he has a servant
Correct answer: he plots revenge on Titania
he asks Titania to give him a little boy
Q2.
In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what does Titania want to do as soon as she sees Oberon?
convince him to stay
Correct answer: leave
cast a spell
run away
give him the boy
Q3.
When given a question about 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', you should annotate it. What kinds of notes might you annotate it with?
the plot of the play
how an Elizabethan audience would answer the question
Correct answer: the focus of the question
facts about Shakespeare's life
everything you know about the play
Q4.
In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon, just like Egeus, is in conflict with an important person in his life. What are other similarities between the two men?
Correct answer: they both feel they are being disobeyed by women who should obey them
they both use the supernatural to punish the person they are arguing with
they both threaten to kill the person they are arguing with
Correct answer: they both ask someone to support them punishing the person they are fighting
they both dominate the dialogue when they talk to the person they are fighting
Q5.
In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon says, "Give me that boy" and Titania replies, "Not for thy ..."
Correct Answer: fairy kingdom
Q6.
In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Titania says of Oberon, "I have his bed and company."
Correct Answer: foresworn

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