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Help high school students navigate Shakespeare’s vocabulary, demonstrate basic reading comprehension, analyze plot, and explore literary elements with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 4 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 Determine the function of a given scene Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop Compare and contrast characters Evaluate whether Oberon’s use of magic is beneficial in any way Evaluate how the term paramour (as it is used in the text) is applicable to the character of Bottom Apply knowledge of literary devices such as hyperbole, malapropism, metaphor, simile, and more 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

Help students navigate Shakespeare’s vocabulary, demonstrate basic reading comprehension, analyze plot, and explore literary elements with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 3 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 detail Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop Compare the language of Hermia and Demetrius to identify a commonality Apply knowledge of literary devices such as dramatic irony, hyperbole, invective, onomatopoeia, personification, simile, verbal irony, and more Consider themes in context Conduct brief research to make sense of Puck’s allusion to “Tartar’s bow” Support inferences and claims with sound reasoning and relevant evidence Come to class better prepared for discussions

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

Help students navigate Shakespeare’s vocabulary, demonstrate basic reading comprehension, analyze plot, and explore literary elements with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 1 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 Activate prior knowledge Define words as they are used in the text Determine the function of a given scene Describe tone in context Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop Contrast Quince’s intellect with that of other characters Apply knowledge of literary devices such as allusion, euphemism, malapropism, metaphor, personification, simile, situational irony, and more 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

Help students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the play during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. A total of 112 words are addressed: abate, abide, aby, adder, alack, altar, amends, amiable, amity, anon, audacious, auditor, avouch, beggary, beguile, bequeath, beseech, beshrew, betrothed, betwixt, bewail, bully, burr, changeling, chide, clamorous, concord, condole, consecrate, contrive, coronet, coy, dame, derision, dewlap, discord, dole, dote, dowager, dulcet, enmity, entreat, eunuch, expound, extort, feign, fie, filched, flout, fond, fortnight, frolic, fruitless, gait, gallant, gambol, gleek, griffin, habitation, haste, hoard, hue, imbrue, impeach, jollity, juggler, lament, languish, lob, mantle, mark, mewed, mirth, mote, murrion, naught, neaf, nuptial, odious, palpable, paragon, parlous, perchance, pert, pomp, prodigious, provender, quell, recreant, repent, reremice, rude, sprite, spurn, stepdame, swoon, tailor, tedious, toil, tunable, unheedy, venturous, vexation, virtuous, visage, waggish, wane, welkin, wherefore, woe, woo, and wot.

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning duties with this bundle of plot-based quizzes covering the entirety of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Each assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to promote active engagement with the text. Answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.