A Midsummer Night's Dream resources

KS2 and KS3 resources to explore and analyse Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tes Resources Team

Enchanted forest in the evening light as the setting for A Midsummer Night's Dream to study at KS2 and KS3

"Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

With the madness of midsummer, the magic of the enchanted forest and the fun of a plot where 'the course of true love never did run smooth ...', A Midsummer Night's Dream can be a great starting point for studying Shakespeare's comedies or an opportunity to analyse Shakespearean characters and themes in more depth.

KS2 resources

Explore our selection of resources from the Tes Community for discussing characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream with KS2 pupils, to lessons on context and reading comprehensions.

KS2 / KS3 English - Welcome to Athens
BBCTeach

KS2 / KS3 English - Welcome to Athens

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This film is from the series [A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare](https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-a-midsummer-nights-dream-index/z6rcgwx) available on [BBC Teach](https://bbc.co.uk/teach). Puck - a woodland sprite - relates recent events in Athens: Theseus, the D...
A Midsummer Night's Dream Characterization Flipbook
educateandcreate123

A Midsummer Night's Dream Characterization Flipbook

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This flip book goes through all the main characters of the play. It includes graphic organizers for your students to fill out in order to better understand character development. It makes a great study guide and a good way to have your students understand the differences and similarities between the...
Easy Peasy Shakespeare play script: A Midsummer Night's Dream
ldnorris

Easy Peasy Shakespeare play script: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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A dyslexia-friendly, easy to read play script version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream condensed into 24 pages. This resource is suitable for secondary school pupils who need a differentiated curriculum regarding literacy. This simple version of the play could also be used with primary sch...
KS2 Character Web for A Midsummer Night's Dream
primaryshakespeare

KS2 Character Web for A Midsummer Night's Dream

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This resource is useful to use with a class as you are reading the story/ text. It clearly lays out how the characters of the 'lovers' are linked throughout the story to make it clear what is happening for any children who have, understandably, become a bit muddled in Shakespeare's comedy. However, ...

KS3 resources

With schemes of work to activities analysing key scenes in A Midsummer Night's Dream, here is a taster of just some of the resources available for teaching the play at KS3.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
EnglishGCSEcouk

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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An incredibly detailed scheme of work on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream that includes activities and resources for over 26 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), video clips, homework activities and more. What's more, it's complete...
Y7: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Reading Assessment
MissEKent

Y7: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Reading Assessment

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Reading Assessment for a mixed ability Year 7 class on A Midsummer Night's Dream Requires some preparation of key subject terminology, but allows for higher attaining students to challenge themselves Extension task is a mini written assessment to allow for marks to be enhanced and to ensure that the...
A Midsummer Nights Dream
PhillipsQuizzes

A Midsummer Nights Dream

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Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' with this captivating quiz. Explore the whimsical forest of Arden, where fairies and mortals collide in a tapestry of mistaken identities, mischievous pranks, and love gone awry. Test your knowledg...
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Titania and Oberon
EnglishGCSEcouk

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Titania and Oberon

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As we study A Midsummer Night's Dream we explore the new characters of Oberon and Titania and discover why they are arguing with each other. We look at the language features used by both characters in Shakespeare's play and use our analyses to create detailed analytical paragraphs through a detailed...
A Midsummer Night's Dream Knowledge Organiser
Laura Burdon

A Midsummer Night's Dream Knowledge Organiser

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Knowledge Organiser for a KS3 study of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Includes key vocabulary lists and contextual information. On the back, there are lists of helpful sentence starters for PETAL paragraphs and descriptive writing. These are great for laminating and handing out during lessons! More ar...