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MODULE 3 LESSON 6
WHAT IS LOVE?
Synthesize Evidence
Move to the label of the character you wrote about in your FQT & complete the following steps.
WELCOME
LAUNCH
"COLLECTING EVIDENCE"
Will the evidence show that the experience of love is universally the same?
Create an anchor chart titled The Experience of Love.
Explore the Play within the Play
What do you notice& wonder about Act 1 Scene 2?
(*HANDOUT 3B)
*characters are often referred to as “the Mechanicals,” because of their various professions & can be thought of as a kind of commentary on the larger action of the play
LEARN
What is the effect of having the Mechanicals put on a romantic play like Pyramus and Thisbe?
How does this scene relate to the larger action of the play?
Analyze a Character’s Description and Role
Focus Questions:
Who are the characters? And, what is the problem around love?
Act 2 scene 1
Robin Goodfellow
Reread your assigned lines, and annotate for descriptions of Robin. (Lines 33–43 or Lines 44–60)
Use the Folger edition glossary and a dictionary to paraphrase and translate the descriptions of Robin’s behavior in your Response Journals.
Next,
Partners collaborate to complete Handout 6A
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How does Shakespeare’s allusion to this legendary figure affect the meaning of the character’s appearance at the opening of Act 2? How does it set the tone for the scene?
What problem does Robin identify in this passage?
Read Lines 62–150.
Examine Characters in Conflict
Reread Lines 62–78. How would you describe Oberon’s and Titania’s feelings about each other?
Reread Lines 121–142. Why are Oberon and Titania quarreling?
(HANDOUT 6A)
Examine Characters in Conflict
Reread Lines 1–150, and collaborate to complete the quotations, adjectives, and roles and relationships sections of the handouts.
Complete the last section of both handouts, writing a two-sentence summary to describe Oberon and a two-sentence summary to describe Titania. Then, at the bottom of each handout, write a one-sentence response to the following question: “From the perspective of the character, what is the problem that causes the couple to fight and split apart?”
Examine Argument Structure
Examine: Why is the structure of an argument important?
Examine Argument Structure
C – Evidence-Based Claim
State your claim(s) about a topic.
R – Reason
State a reason that supports your claim.
E – Evidence
Cite evidence for the reason, including necessary context.
E – Elaboration
Explain how the evidence relates to the reason.
EXIT TICKET
LAND
Based on what you have learned about Robin Goodfellow, what is the effect of introducing him before Titania and Oberon? How does his character set the scene for the fairies’ conflict?
WRAP
Read Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 151–194 and annotate what you notice and wonder about.
Continue your fluency homework.