English 9

Today students will continue reading A Midsummer's Night Dream. We will look at themes and characters while making connections to the elements of the short story. We will also look at the literary terms fantasy, myth, and verse.

Section 1 # 27 and # 28

# 27 Describe the uses of the apostrophe.

The apostrophe is a mark of punctuation and a spelling symbol. It indicates omission of a letter or letters (wasn't, can't, he's); forms the possessive case of a noun (the horse's saddle, the boys' clubhouse).

# 28 Insert the correct punctuation in the following sentence: Joe asked politely May I borrow a dollar

Joe asked politely, "May I borrow a dollar?"

Themes for A Midsummer's Night Dream

• patriarchy

• law

• young love

• deception

• revenge

• rivalry

• magic

• reconciliation

• marriage

Notes

Fantasy

Imaginative literature that blends the real world with incredible characters, talking beasts, and unreal beings. May connect to symbolism.

Myth

Form of folklore that accounts for creation of all things, the origin of good and evil, and the salvation of the soul.

Verse

Highly compressed, literary works that appeal to emotion, rhythm, and sense.

Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.

Synonym: Poetry

Activity

Review the elements of the short story. Create a poster from the mind map on the white board. Add elements of the play to your poster. Include plot, characters, theme, point of view, and setting. Use specific quotes, imagery and examples to make your connections clear. This is an ongoing activity. Add to your poster as we progress thorough the play.

For a look at a somewhat modern show based on mixups and plot twists, check out Three's Company. Three's Company