A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 4 Quiz, Analysis Worksheets, and Vocabulary Games

Help high school students navigate Shakespeare's vocabulary, demonstrate basic reading comprehension, analyze plot, and explore literary elements with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 4 of Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. A plot-based quiz, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, two close reading worksheets (one per scene), and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By engaging with these activities, students will:

• Read for literal comprehension

• Infer the intended effects of Shakespeare's word choices and figurative language

• Describe tone in context

• Determine the function of a given scene

• Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop

• Compare and contrast characters

• Evaluate whether Oberon's use of magic is beneficial in any way

• Evaluate how the term paramour (as it is used in the text) is applicable to the character of Bottom

• Apply knowledge of literary devices such as hyperbole, malapropism, metaphor, simile, and more

• Write about Shakespearean works with clarity, accuracy, and precision

• Support inferences and claims with sound reasoning and relevant evidence

• Come to class better prepared for discussions

Materials are available for teaching a variety of Shakespeare's plays:

• Hamlet - Google and printable

• Julius Caesar - Google and printable

• King Lear - Google and printable

• Macbeth - Google and printable

• Othello - Google and printable

• Romeo and Juliet - Google and printable

• The Merchant of Venice - Google and printable

• The Taming of the Shrew - Google and printable

• The Tempest - Google and printable

* This resource is also included in a whole store growing bundle.