A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1. Match them up!
Draw a line to match the character and their name.
Lysander
Demetrius
Helena
Hermia
Oberon
Titania
Puck
Bottom
2. What’s the word?
Write the word under the pictures.
dream
love
forest
follow
flower
eyes
wake up
head
donkey
spell
dream
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3. What’s the order?
Watch the video and put the pictures in order.
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4. True or false?
Circle True or False for these sentences.
a.
Demetrius loves Hermia but Hermia loves Lysander.
true
false
b.
Helena loves Demetrius.
true
false
c.
Hermia and Lysander run away together to the mountains.
true
false
d.
Oberon wants to play a trick on Puck.
true
false
e.
The juice from the magic flower makes you love the first thing you see.
true
false
f.
Puck puts the juice on Demetrius.
true
false
g.
Puck changes Bottom’s head into a horse’s head.
true
false
h.
Oberon makes Demetrius love Helena.
true
false
i.
Oberon takes the magic spell away from Lysander.
true
false
j.
The next morning, Lysander loves Hermia and Demetrius loves Helena.
true
false
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5. Complete the sentences!
Complete the sentences to retell the story in your own words. Play the matching
game under the video first to help you!
Helena loves Demetrius._
a. At first, Demetrius loves Hermia, Hermia loves Lysander, and _
b. Hermia and Lysander run away to the forest, and __________________________________________.
c.
Oberon puts juice from a magic flower on Titania’s eyes so ___________________________________.
d. Puck puts the magic juice on Lysander, then Lysander ______________________________________.
e. Puck changes Bottom’s head into a donkey’s head, then Titania ______________________________.
f.
Oberon puts the magic juice on Demetrius, so now _________________________________________.
g. Puck and Oberon take the magic spells away from _________________________________________.
h. The next morning, __________________________________________________________________.
6. Write and draw!
Imagine you have a dream about something magical happening. What would you
like to dream about? Draw a picture and write about it!
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7. Think about it!
What do you think? Was it just a dream or did it really happen?
If it was a dream, why does Demetrius love Helena when they wake up?
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