Thursday 7th January – English
Today’s lesson looks at the characters of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in particular those that live in the court of Athens.
There are two videos to watch – part 1 and part 2.
The videos talk you through the lesson and the learning so the best thing to do is watch them! Everything is explained in these videos.
You will need the link below to the RSC Learning Zone website in order to do the first activity.
https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare-learning-zone
This should take between 1 and 1 and a half hours.
PART 1
PART 2
Can we take pictures of our scores and send them by email ?
Hi Finlay
Of course you can, or post them here. I believe that Damien in Pankhurst class scored 10/10 in about 31 seconds!
Mr Bushell
Ok I have tried and I got these scores
1st attempts-7 in 41seconds
2nd attempt-8 in 38 seconds
3rd attempt-10 in 35 seconds
Well done Finlay!
This shows improvement over the 3 goes. Great perseverance!
I think that 30 seconds is the quickest so far.
Mr Bushell
good story about those characters
What do you feel about each character?
Mr Bushell
Egeus-Hermia’s father. Wants Hermia to marry Demetrius. Egeus is a courtier in Athens.
Hermia-Her father is Egeus and she loves Lysander. She believes that she has the right to choose her own husband. Hermia’s best friend is Helena.
Helena-She is a young woman in Athens. She is in love with Demetrius but he doesn’t love her back anymore, instead he loves her best friend Hermia. Helena is desprate for Demetrius’ love.
Demitrius-He is a young gentleman in the court, who used to be in relationships with Hermia. He is now in love with Hermia and has his father’s blessing to marry her.
Lysander-He is a young gentleman in court. He is in love with Hermia and she wants him but her father wants her to marry Demetrius.
Lysander is my favorite because he just finds his way to do it instead of arguing and my least favorite is Egeus because he won’t give his daughter any freedom.
The character that is most like me is Hermia because like me, she argues.
Thank you Franek.
What problems do you think each character will have with each other? What do you think will happen next?
Mr Bushell
Mr bushel the sight is not letting me test myself for some resson idk why tho
Hi Imaobong
Don’t worry, it may be because of the device you’re on. Leave the quiz for now and carry on with the other activities. I will try to post the questions later so that you can test yourself.
Mr Bushell
I think there is something wrong with my laptop then
It won’t be your laptop. Maybe try again later.
My favourite character is Helena because she is trying to do something to help and my least is Lysander because if he want’s to do something, why can’t he try to help. The character most like me is Helena because you have to carry on trying to find out what’s going on.
Hello Hargun
What do you mean by “help”? How do you think the characters should be helping each other?
Mr Bushell
Lysander is my favorite because he will not give up on what he wants and he wants to fight hard to get his way to be happy.
Hermia is my least favourite because he won’t accept people trying to do things to make themselves happy and help others or let them have there own choices
The Character most like me is Hermia cause she will fight for what she thinks is best
Hello Finlay
This is great! As we learn more about the play you must see if your feelings about Lysander and Hermia are right!
Mr Bushell
i only got 9/10
Hello Ellie
Which one caught you out! Have another go. I know you can get 10/10!
Mr Bushell
ok i will
I got 44 seconds on the test
Great effort.
31 seconds leads so far – could you beat it?
Mr Bushell
I have took down all the information i need and done the quiz.
Hello Talal.
What was your score and time? Kiran got 10/10 in 31 seconds – did you beat him?
Mr Bushell
I got 10/10 in 30 seconds.
yes
Hermia is the daughter of egeus and really wants to marry lysander. Her farther is also a gentalmen in the court of the athens.
Lysander is in love with hermia and wants to marry her. But hermias dad wants hermia to marry demetrius and not Lysander. And he is also a gentalmen of the court.
Helena is hermia’s best friend. she is also in love with demetrius. But demetrius dosen’t love her anymore.
Egeus is the farther of hermia. And also is a Gentalmen of the court. He wants hermia to marry demetrius and not lysander.
Demetrius used to be in love with helena but now he is in love with hermia. He is also a gentalmen of the court. And Egeus Hermia’s farther wants Demetrius and Hermia to marry.
And my faviourite character is Demetrius because i have a friend called that name but different letters.
Hi Timur
Is your friend similar to Demetrius in any other way?
Mr Bushell
Thank you Timur.
What problems do you think there could be between the different characters? Will they get on with each other?
Mr Bushell
My favourite character is character is Hermia because she is feisty and confident.
My least favourite is Egues because he wants Hermia to marry someone she doesnt want.
I dont really have a character like me
Thank you Ameera.
What qualities to you think you have that these characters are missing?
What problems do you think there will be between these characters?
Mr Bushell
The problem is that Demetrius wants to marry Hermia and Hermia doesn’t and wants to be with Lysander
That’s true!
What do you think will happen next?
Maybe they will get into a fight or just solve things but they cant if Demetrius loves Hermia and Helena loves Demetrius and Demetrius doesn’t they will fight more (if they do fight.)
We will find out soon!
I got 36 seconds 8/10
Go for 10 out of 10!
i got about 31.45.3 seconds and 10/10
Brilliant!
I think you might be joint first – I think that Damien in school got around 31 seconds too!
Mr Bushell
Well done kiran i just beat you by l second
10/10 35 sec
Yes i got 10/10 in 30 seconds.
I feel bad for hamlet because his dad was killed and now he has a different father
Hello Samuel
Don’t forget that we are reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
Good point about Hamlet though. By all means learn about Shakespeare’s other works too!
Mr Bushell
I got 36 seconds
I got around 30 seconds
Egeus, father of Hermia and a powerful man in the court of athens., and wants Hermia to marry Demetrius .Hermia, is the daughter of Egeus, is in love with a man called Lysander. She dosen,t want to marry , Demetrius ( because her father wants her to marry Demetrius) is a powerful man in the court of athens. Demetrius, A gentleman of the court of athens and used to be in love with Helena, but is in love with Hermia. Hermia’s farther Egeus wants them to marry. Lysander, is also a gentlemen in the court of athens. He is in love with Hermia. Egeus doesn’t want Lysander or Hermia to marry each other. Helena, is in love with Demetrius but he is ordered to marry Hermia. Egeus is the one who ordered the marriage. Helena is Hermia’s best friends.
I like Egeus the best because he is probably the most important person in the court of athens and I like people who are in charge. I don’t like Demetrius as he made Egeus want Hermia to marry him.
Lysander is the closest in character to me as he sorts out problems or at least tries, like me.
Thank you Owen.
How did Demetrious make Egeus want Hermia to marry him instead of Lysander?
Mr Bushell
As Demetrius loves Hermia and Egeus wants his daughter to marry someone
Demetrius- used to love Helena. In love with Hermia.
Hermia- in love with Lysander. Best friend is Helena.
Lysander- aunt lives outside Athens. In love with Hermia.
Helena-in love with Demetrius and Hermia’s best friend.
Egeus-father of Hermia and wants her to marry Demetrius
My favourite character is Lysander because he hasn’t been bad like Demetrius.
My least favourite character is Demetrius because he’s been in love before.
The character most like me is Lysander because I’m good and I haven’t been in love before
A great response Cody!
What do you think will happen next?