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MODULE 3
LESSON 2
WHAT IS LOVE?
WELCOME
WELCOME
Brainstorm a list of all the different ways you could engage someone romantically based on the questions below.
LAUNCH
LAUNCH
Is wooing someone the same romantic gesture as bewitching them? Why or why not?
LEARN
Share Research
Get into small groups based on the research topic you chose and share your findings.
How can what you learned help you better understand what is happening in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Read to Understand Characters
1) We will read Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 21–129.
You need to:
- track the characters’ relationships to one another to orient yourselves to the events of the play.
- annotate for information about the relationship of the new characters you encounter.
- answer the following questions
Read to Understand Characters
2) What are the relationships between Egeus, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius?
Why did these characters come to see Theseus?
How do Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and Egeus feel toward one another?
Annotate for Character Details
Reread Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 21–129, and annotate about Hermia’s character as expressed by all of the characters.
Annotate for Character Details
What do you know about Hermia from this portion of text?
filch is a verb that means “to steal in a sly manner.”
Summarize Key Details
1. Egeus states that he is “full of vexation” (1.1.23) about his problem. Use your definitions of bewitch and filch to determine what vexation means. How does Egeus feel about Lysander’s relationship to Hermia?
[Why is a word like vexation more appropriate to describe Egeus’ emotions than words like rage or displeasure?]
2. Why does Theseus say that Hermia should treat her father “as a god” (1.1.48)?
3. What will happen to Hermia if she disobeys her father and doesn’t agree to marry Demetrius?
LAND/WRAP
Choose one of the following words from the text that best exemplifies the conflict in this scene: using either woo, bewitch, or vexation.
Write two to three sentences in response to the following question: “What is the problem in Act 1, Scene 1?”
Reread Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 21–129, and, in your Respon...
Reread Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 21–129, and, in your Response Journals, explain in your own words why Lysander thinks he should be able to marry Hermia.
Learning Goal: Use context to determine multiple meanings and connotations of yield.
DEEP DIVE
What do you know about yield signs?
What connotations or feelings are associated with this word in the context of a yield sign?
Draw this chart in your vocabulary journal:
record the definition of yield in your Vocabulary Journals.
Reread Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 71–72 aloud.
DEEP DIVE
Write the line numbers in the “Text” column.
Write “Hermia” under the second column and “Her father’s choice” under the third column.
Write “Has to be a nun” under the fourth column.
Write “give in” under the final column.
Work in pairs to complete the same process in a new row of the chart for yield in Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 81–84.
Deep dive exit ticket
Write one-sentence summaries of Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 69–75 and 81–84 in your Vocabulary Journals, using synonyms for yield that fit the context of the lines.
Predict whether Hermia will yield to her father’s wishes.