Staging the Play

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. Play map. In your English Journal, write a summary of the plot of MSND. Make sure you include information from the two settings of the play.
2. Actor's circle
1. Read a scene from the play We will read through this scene one more time with 10 new actors.
2. Bottom (3), Quince (3), Flute, Starveling, Snout, and Snug.
3. Questions:
1. Who wrote this play they are going to do?
2. If Quince wrote it, has he written it all himself?
3. Has he adapted some of it?
4. Is it an original story?
5. What do Snug, Snout, Starveling, and Flute think of the play? What do they think of the tension or lack of tension between Quince and Bottom?
6. Why might they be so quiet during the scene?
7. What are they doing during the scene? Do they want to be in the play?
8. What about their characters?
9. Is Bottom a bully? A loudmouth? An egomaniac? A good actor who wants to help? A leader?
10. Is Snug stupid? Nervous? Slow? A new member of the group? Extremely shy?
11. Is there any poetry in the scene? Is it good or bad poetry?
4. What words do you not understand?
1. For our final read through, we will stage the scene.
1. Where does the scene take place?
2. Entrances and exits: Who should come onstage from where? With whom? Why? Does the text give you a clue?
3. Who's the most important person in the scene? Who thinks he's the most important person in the scene? How do you act it out to show this?
4. How should each character act?
2. We will choose six actors to act out this scene.
3. If there is time, we will play a Quizlet Live! game to help us get to know the characters.

Homework:

1. MSND Act I vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.