KS1 - Midsummer Nights Dream - 2 Week Writing Unit

Discover the Magic of Shakespeare with Our ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Writing Unit

Embark on a literary adventure with our comprehensive 2-Week Writing Unit, meticulously designed to delve into the whimsical world of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by William Shakespeare. This intensive program is tailored to captivate students’ imaginations, inspiring them to explore the depths of classical literature and refine their writing prowess.

Key Features:

End of Topic (Big Writing): As students wrap up this ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ unit, they will have honed their ability to craft original narratives, drawing inspiration from Shakespeare’s masterpiece. Watch them animate the iconic characters and intricate plots with the confidence of accomplished wordsmiths!

Includes: Our unit is packed with dynamic Smart Notebook slides, illustrative examples, detailed lesson plans, and stimulating activities. These resources are strategically designed to cultivate an interactive and thought-provoking classroom atmosphere, encouraging students to unleash their creative and analytical potential.

Learning Objectives:

Spoken Word: Engaging with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ students will refine their oratory skills, delivering structured descriptions and narratives for diverse purposes. They will engage in meaningful conversations, speculate, hypothesize, and express ideas with eloquence, adopting Standard English with ease. Students will partake in discussions, presentations, performances, and debates, all while exploring the rich language of Shakespeare.

Comprehension: The unit places a strong emphasis on understanding the sequence of events in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ encouraging students to recount a variety of stories, fairy tales, and traditional tales. They will also learn to appreciate and compile a collection of favored words and phrases from the text.

Composition: Participants in the unit will be guided in planning and discussing their writing, utilizing tools such as story mapping and vocabulary gathering. They will be taught to employ specific features of text types to communicate effectively with various audiences, narrate real and fictional events, and meticulously proofread for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.

Vocabulary, Grammar, and Punctuation: Through ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ students will learn to construct and punctuate simple and compound sentences, employ connectives, and understand sentence forms. They will master verb and adjective usage, apply past tense in narratives, and transform adjectives into adverbs with the suffix ‘ly.’

Join us on this enchanting exploration of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and watch as your students blossom into the next generation of writers.