The Problem

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Script in your hand.
1. How do we find our place in a Shakespeare text?
2. Act.scene.line = 1.1.25
2. Read around, 1.1.20-127
1. Go around the circle. Each person will read until they reach a period or semicolon.
2. What is Hermia's problem?
3. Egeus' request?
4. The duke's solution?
5. How does the language in this section compare to the scene from yesterday?
6. prose vs. verse
3. Add to your earlier summary. What is happening at the beginning of the play?
4. Review the Signposts. What signposts do you see in the first act of MSND?
5. Watch the stage performance of this conversation. What do you notice?
6. If there is time, we will play a Quizlet Live! game to help us get to know the characters.

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.