Help students navigate Shakespeare’s vocabulary, demonstrate basic reading comprehension, analyze plot, and explore literary elements with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 2 of Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A plot-based quiz, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, two close reading worksheets (one per scene), and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will:
- Read for literal comprehension
- Infer the intended effects of Shakespeare’s word choices and figurative language
- Describe tone in context
- Discern the function of a given passage
- Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop
- Apply knowledge of literary devices such as allusion, epiphany, hyperbole, metaphor, personification, situational irony, symbolism, and more
- Consider themes in context
- Write about Shakespearean works with clarity, accuracy, and precision
- Support inferences and claims with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
- Come to class better prepared for discussions
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