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Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Silent Shakespeare Instructional VideoTes: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Silent Shakespeare Instructional Video
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9th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Instructional Videos
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Lexile Measures
1060L
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Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Silent Shakespeare

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[Free Registration/Login Required] This 1909 silent film adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is the first film version of the play. Although abbreviated, the action closely follows Shakespeare's original with the exception of the addition of the fairy Penelope. A teacher notes page provides background for the film and teaching ideas.

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Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Rsc Themes Reference

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[Free Registration/Login Required] This Royal Shakespeare Company teacher reference page provides a list of the themes and motifs in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream along with specific locations of where they are used.
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Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream Intro Lesson Shakespeare

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[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson plan for A Midsummer Night's Dream including various activities, summaries, characters, assignments, and websites to view an animated version of the film.
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Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream So W

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[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a teacher guide with various lessons, worksheets, and activities to teach Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Royal Shakespeare Company: Education Resources: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Information about and video clips of scenes from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Includes interviews with the cast and directors, performance clips and ideas for students.
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An overview of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Brief and not too difficult, this multiple-choice quiz covers a random smattering of the play.
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Why Should You Read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"

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Set the stage for a study of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with an engaging animated video that is sure to stoke the interest of readers as it gets to the bottom of the key themes of the comedy. The narrator's arguments...
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Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of resources to teach the comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream which is set in a forest at midsummer and follows a group of mismatched lovers through a night of fairy magic and...
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Shakespeare Online: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Access lines and staging prompts for scenes from William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. The scenes are displayed according to act with the setting included. Extensive explanatory notes and additional resources are also...
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Tes: Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream Image Bank

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