Setting the Stage: October 16, 2018

Focus: How does Shakespeare set the stage in the first scene of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

1. Warming up Shakespearean note passing and verb conjugation

2. Mapping out the play's people, places, and problems:

• Who are the three main groups of characters? What can you infer about each?
• Where are the two main settings? What can you infer about each?
• What central conflicts might be driving this play? 
• Can you find any other patterns?

3. Performing an Actor's Circle reading of Act 1, Scene 1

• What does each character want?
• What obstacle is preventing each character from getting what he/she wants?

4. Developing a living picture of Act 1, Scene 1

• Choosing actors, costumes, props, background, music, and postures/staging

HW:
1. If you are absent tomorrow, please read Act 1, Scene 2 carefully on your own.

2. Keep reading your sonnet aloud and work on memorizing it by October 24.

3. Please turn in your school copies of East of Eden.