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Text Editors Keep Copy Concise
Just the Facts, Ma'm
Describe Following Essential Elements in "Midsummer Night's Dream:"
Author (include date of birth, birthplace), Type of Play, Setting, Tone of the Play, Two Sentence Synopsis, Conflicts, Resolution. Key each of these topics and then your answer.
Author (include date of birth, birthplace), Type of Play, Setting, Tone of the Play, Two Sentence Synopsis, Conflicts, Resolution. Key each of these topics and then your answer.
City Editors Creatively Cover Local Characters
All through his life Shakespeare was inventing words.
Please sum up EACH of the characters: Theseus, Hippolyta, Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Hermia, Puck, Bottom, Titania and Oberon with only one word. 10 total words. Key the character and then the word.
HINT: One way Shakespeare invented words was with the hyphen.
HINT: One way Shakespeare invented words was with the hyphen.
Editorial Editors Talk about Trouble-Makers
Some Athenian Characters Add Tension
Who are the 2 or 3 trouble-makers in Midsummer Night's Dream? How do they specifically add tension?
Community Editors Herald Helpers
Some Athenian Characters Are Helpful
Who are the 2 or 3 most helpful characters in Midsummer Night's Dream? How do they specifically help?
Arts and Leisure Editors Review Relevance
Review the Play
Is MSND relevant to today? Does anything happen in MSND that may also happen in 2006? Would it make an interesting TV show? Why or Why not?
Technology Editors Tweak dot Coms
Tweak Today's Headlines in the Bard's Language
One of the newest tools of technology is RSS Feed. An RSS Feed is up-to--the-minute news posted to newsreaders. To create your own Shakespeare RSS feed, go to a national or state online news source of your choice. Read the copy and choose at least four headline stories and re-write them in the language Shakespeare would use. (Be sure to include your original headline and link source.)
Web Media Editors Search for MSND Links
- Midsummer Night's Dream Online
- The complete play online.
- Midsummer Night's Dream Game
- This game, from "Fling the Teacher" asks young scholars to answer 15 questions. As they answer correctly, a Trebuchet is built to "Fling the Teacher" upon completion. Fun!
- The Oxford Shakespeare
- The 1914 Oxford edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- Statford Upon Avon
- A rare, honey-tongued jewel.
- Absolute Shakespeare
- Branch out to other plays of the bard! The name of this website says it all! :)
Editors-At-Large Invoke Inquiry
Editors-At-Large Write on What They Find Interesting
What else should we include in our online MSND webpage? Add your ideas here...
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MSND Books and Videos available at http://www.amazon.com
Shakespeare for Kids: His Life and Times, 21 Activities (For Kids series)
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The Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard
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Kids Take the Stage: Helping Young People Discover the Creative Outlet of Theater
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Copy Editors Keep Copy Free of Mistakes
Proofreaders are Needed...
You may have been absent but your input is needed! Please read all the copy on this page and submit a list of errors or word changes.
