English – Writing – Friday 29th January
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PUCK
Yesterday, you investigated the character of Puck using the resources below.
Your task today is to write about a day in the life of Puck.
Think about the kind of things they would get up to in the woods. What would they do? Who would they be with?
Many of you yesterday recognised that Puck was a character who could be both magic and silly. Think about how you can show this in your writing.
It is up to you if you write in the first or third person.
Don’t forget the punctuation pyramid! You can also use the resources from yesterday to help you with ideas.
You should spend between 30 and 40 minutes on this.
WHO IS PUCK?
Today, we are going to get to know one of the most popular characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Puck.
We will start looking at Puck in our 11 o’clock Zoom. The first thing that we will do is read, enjoy and think about some of Puck’s quotes which are shown here.
Task 1 – What do these quotes suggest about Puck?
Task 2 – Read the character profile below. Write 3 things that you learn about Puck?
Task 3 – Watch this video of Puck and Oberon. How does Puck come across to you in this scene?
Task 4 – Here are some pictures of Puck from previous RSC performances of A Midsummer Nights Dream. Look through them and think about how Puck is presented in different performances. What is the same and what is different? Also, write down any words and phrases to describe Puck.
You should spend between 60 and 90 minutes on this, including the Zoom session.
he likes to stand out
2. hes mischevieous and loyal to Oberon hes gentle
some of them hes an elf or a human
Can you say more about Puck?
Are they a good or bad character?
Why is Puck so loyal to Oberon?
English task 1
These quotes suggest about puck is that he is crule, mischievous and mean.
Could you come up with your own trick that Puck could play?
the difference of different verision of puck is the clothing and the same is personality
In each performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the characters are presented in different ways, depending on the theme and setting of that version. The clothes can help say different things about the character.
Mr Bushell
English task 4
Picture 1 and 2 looks more mischievous. Picture 2 looks for like a magician then a naughty fairy.
That’s an interesting point. I suppose that Puck is a magician in some ways.
Do you like Puck’s character?
A bit naughty.
Task 4:
1 and 4 looks like he will get into a lot of trouble.
I have done 1 ,2 and 3 at school yesterday🏫.
Hello Max
What is it about picture 1 and 4 that make the Pucks look like they will get into a lot of trouble?
Mr Bushell
Task 1 – What do these quotes suggest about Puck? That he likes to cause mischief and play tricks on the other characters
Task 2 – Read the character profile below. Write 3 things that you learn about Puck?
His Loyal to his master Oberon
His a troublemaker
He makes mistakes
Task 3 – Watch this video of Puck and Oberon. How does Puck come across to you in this scene? He came across loyal to Oberon and Wanting to cause mischief
Task 4
He has the look that his about to cause trouble with the way his grinning in most of the pictures
You have noticed many of the different sides to Puck’s character.
Do you like Puck?
Puck is my favourite character
Puck is mischievous and magic.
Puck is servant to Oberon. He is naughty and mischievous. Puck is capable of many things he can turn your head into a donkey and pull tricks on you.
They all have the same mischievous ,clever, and magical things they do the only different they don’t have incommen is that they all have a different costume.
I have watched the video
What did you think of the Puck in the clip?
English task 3
Puck comes a cross happy and excited.
English
Task1
Puck is a magician who likes to mess around with people.
Task2
Puck is oberon’s servant,a show off,and a magician
Task3
Puck is like a person who would get the job done but in his way.
Task4
The thing that is different is that puck is in different costumes
The thing that is the same is that
All of those pictures are in a performance
Hello Michael
Well done, you have made some good points here.
It is interesting that you say how Puck gets the job done but in his way. Do you think that Puck should listen to Oberon more?
In different performances of the play, the characters are presented in a particular way depending on the theme of the play. The story is the same but each director makes a decision on where and when the play is based, and what the characters will look like. Which of the 4 Pucks is your favourite?
Mr Bushell
English
task 1
That he is mischevious
task 2
he is oberons servant. he is a fairy. he shows off.
task 3
That he is silly because he tried to eat the flower
task 4
that in two he is a fairy and one in a suit and one in a green and red costume.
Do you like the character of Puck?
Are they a good character or a bad character?
task 1
The quotes suggest that Puck is mischevious and loves to prank people.
Task 2
A) That Puck is oberons mischeif maker.
B) That he uses his powerful magic to cause mischeif.
C) That he likes to cause a lot of mischeif and loves to play tricks on humans.
task 3
He comes across me as loyal servant who likes to cause mischeif. He also cames across me
as a silly person but in someway smart. He likes to use his magic not only by his masters command
but sometimes uses it when he wants to.
task 4
Same: That the photos was taken when they were acting. They are all based on Puck.
different: Their costumes, there facial expresions and the people that play them.
Puck is silly, mischievous and naughty. His clothes are different and parshly made up as nobody knew how william shakespeare designed Puck.
Well done Owen. You have really thought about the character of Puck.
I really like he contrast you give of Puck being silly but smart.
I wonder why he is so loyal to Oberon?
With the different Pucks from the different performances, each director would decide the overall theme of the play and how the character is going to be presented. Some performances of Shakespeare plays are done in a modern setting, as if it was happening today.
Mr Bushell
task 1.
they suggest that puck pretends and acts like a object/thing.
task 2.
puck is oberons servant.
he is capable of his own magic.
he transformed bottoms head into and ass’s head.
task 3.
watched viedeo
task 4.
wierd
strange
silly
ugly
posh
For task 3, how would you describe the Puck shown in this performance?
Task 1 – What do these quotes suggest about Puck? Mean, rude and a bit funny
Task 2 – Read the character profile below. Write 3 things that you learn about Puck?
He is mischievous and likes playing tricks on humans
He is loyal to Oberon
He can do his own great magic
Task 3 – in the play Puck is a girl. She was a bit silly when pretending to eat the magic.
Task 4 – Puck does look funny and mischievous with his big smile.
You have noticed that Puck is often played by a male but has been played by a female.
The words you use to describe Puck show what a varied character they are.
What is your opinion of them?
He likes to show offand make mischeif.
He’s loyal to his master Oberon. He’s definitly a troublemaker. He makes mistakes but he doesn’t really care about it.
To me he sounded loyal to Oberon.
They all looked magical but the Puck from the clip we watched was a female.
Hello Franek
You make lots of good points here.
Do you think that Puck causes trouble on purpose? Do you think he thinks through what he is doing?
I wonder why Puck is loyal to Oberon?
It’s an interesting point that you make about Puck being played by a female in one performance. This will have been a deliberate decision for this performance of the play. Do you think it makes any difference to the play?
Mr Bushell
Deep in the forest, in the middle of the night, magic flew around reflecting off the moonlit trees. A fairy called Puck appeared out of nowhere with another fairy and they were talking about Oberon and Titania.
“Oberon is jealous of the changeling boy and keeps arguing with Titania.” said Puck to the fairy. “Quick, here they come!” he shouts and they both disappeared behind a tree.
The next morning, Puck woke up and couldn’t wait to play some naughty tricks to pull off on humans. He had lots of ideas to be mischievous. He made his porridge to get hyped up ready to play those naughty tricks. He laughs at himself and gets excited. When he had finished, he left his fairy house and cartwheeled his way to the city of Athens to find people to play these silly tricks on. “Woohoo! Wheeee! Yay! I love being a silly fairy!” he shouted in excitement.
He found a restaurant to hide in and sat quietly, with a big smile and rubbed his hands together, waiting for his first victim. A group of people came in and were shown to a table near to Puck. This was his perfect opportunity! A man went to sit down and Puck sneakily ran behind the chair and pulled it away. The man fell down on his bottom and everyone in the restaurant laughed and pointed. The man was very annoyed but was confused as well because he didn’t know how that happened.
Hello Cody
You have done really well with this. It is a good start. You have referred to details from the play and used your imagination. It flows nicely and you have used a range of sentences. I like the idea of Puck “cartwheeling” to Athens!
Mr Bushell
A day in the life of Puck
Yawn puck yawened
What am I going to do today mmmm i have a good Idea he said
Let me just, there he turned into a stool an old lady came passing by she sat down on him puck slipped out and the lady fell over
Hahaha laughed puck
Hello George
Check that your first line makes sense.
Are you writing direct speech? If so, you will need inverted commas.
Could you write about other things that Puck does? There are ideas in the resources about Puck.
Mr Bushell
All the pucks have the same personality but wear different things also all the pucks do different things
Hello Talal
How do you know that all the Pucks have the same personality? What clues are there in the pictures?
What are the different things that the Pucks do?
Mr Bushell
puck likes to be the main charcher of the show
puck has there good and bad
they is mischvious
Hello Imaobong
In what ways is Puck good and bad?
Do you think that Puck is mischievous on purpose?
A couple of spellings – character and mischievous.
Mr Bushell
Task1
That he is naughty and cheeky
Task2
That he likes to have a laugh andtrick people and be naughty
Task3
He does not sound trusty and he was egnoring some of his speech
Task4
They look really different in my opinion
Hello Alex
Why do you think Puck is naughty?
In the video, Puck does not say much. Do you think Puck is listening to Oberon when he talks? Puck is Oberon’s servant after all.
In what ways are the Pucks different?
Mr Bushell