A Midsummer Night's Dream - Shakespeare Play - A Readers' Theater Script & Activities Gr. 4-6
EBOTM186906
$6.75 CAD
Additional information:
This adapted play is 10 - 15 minutes long, and will instill a love of Shakespeare and boost literacy skills!
Background information is provided to enrich the play, a program for easy staging, and costumes are included. Character roles are written at an easy reading level.
Arranged in two sections, the teacher section includes assessment forms, a brief Shakespeare biography, ideas for presenting, discussing, and working with the play.
The student section includes the script, and two creative thinking and writing worksheets, and comprehension activities that allow students to demonstrate their comprehension of the materials at hand, and improve writing skills.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Synopsis:
Long ago, in Athens, three groups of people come together one midsummer's evening in an enchanted wood. One group, Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius, are sorting out lovers' issues. A second group, a group of actors, is preparing a play for the Duke's wedding. The final group is made up of the fairies who live in the woods. Many tricks are played, all resulting in the wrong people loving each other, but in the end, everyone ends up with the correct person.
Performance Length: 15-20 minutes
Number of Parts: 23
Genre: Comedy