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DREAMING MUSIC

MEETING A RELEVANT CHARACTER

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Medios de comunicación social. Geralt. Pixabay. CC0

DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN?

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If you need help you can have a look at his biography at SHAKESPEARE.ORG.UK.

Then, try to answer the following questions:

  1. What was his  name?
  2. What was his profession?
  3. How many works did he write?
  4. Where and when was he born?
  5. Was he married?
  6. Did he have any children?
  7. How old was he when he died?

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

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Tablero tiza la cabeza. Athree23. Pixabay. CC0

One of the most famous Shakespeare's plays is Midsummer Night's Dream. Read the synopsis and choose the correct answer.

Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry. (Text from SHAKESPEARE.ORG.UK.)

Question 1

There are fairies in the story.

Question 2

Puck is the bad witch in the story.

Question 3

Two girls fall in love with the same boy.

Question 4

Puck and his master play a trick on the fairy queen.

Question 5

In the end, the two couples break up.

LITERARY PUZZLE

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Tablero aprender formación. Geralt. Pixabay. CC0

Watch the cartoons about Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream and order the scenes. 

ANIMATION A Midsummer Night's DreamKatie Flamman Voiceover & Storyteller. Youtube (Accessed on 24/06/2022).

  • Demetrius loves Hermia, Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius.
  • Hermia and Lysander run away and Demetrius and Helena follow them.
  • Puck and Oberon play tricks on Demetrius, Lysander, Bottom and Titania.
  • Puck and Oberon take the magic spells away from them.
  • Demetrius and Helena are in love and Lysander and Hermia are in love.

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MUSIC BASED ON MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

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Teamwork team. Geralt. Pixabay. CC0

Shakespeare's play was an inspiration for several musicians, such as Mendelssohn and Britten.

Listen to the following compositions and try to guess who they belong to.

 

  

Can you hear the different instruments playing in the first song?

INSTRUMENT HANGMAN

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Small string instrument
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Natural instrument
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Woodwind instrument
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Percussion instrument
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Brass instrument
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Big string instrument
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ART BASED ON MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

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Tablero aprender formación. Geralt. Pixabay. CC0

Shakespeare's play was an inspiration for several artists, such as the British painter Edwin Landseer. Describe it orally with your partner. 

Edwin Landseer William Shakespeare. Chaos 07. Pixabay. CC0 

Then open Google Docs and invent a story based on this painting. You can include the vocabulary you used to describe it or if you need it, you can use the dictionary (GO TO DICTIONARY). When you finish, save it in your group folder.

Finally, paint your own version of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

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Feedback confirming. Geralt. Pixabay. CC0 

Show your painting and read your story in front of your class and listen to the other stories. Then, comment with your classmates your favourite ones.