Voki Lesson Plan
Class Title: English
Lesson Title: Midsummer Night’s Dream for a Modern Audience
Grade Level: 9th – 12th Grade
Author: Stephanie Bushman
Objectives:
Students will
1. Read “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Interpret text and apply it to modern definitions
3. Develop reading comprehension
Materials:
1. Printed copies of the text (particularly dialogue between Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, and
Helena)
2. Printed copy of the assignment (to follow)
3. Two different colored markers
4. Voki.com (http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3259163&height=400&width=300)
5. Computers
Class Duration: 1 day
Activities:
Students should read Act II scene ii through Act III scene ii prior to class
1. Split class into groups. Each group represents a character:
a. Hermia
b. Demetrius
c. Lysander
d. Helena
2. The students will read through the text as their assigned character. Phrases of love or
adoration are underlined in one color, insults in another.
3. Each student group gets a copy of the assignment:
a. Hermia:
i. Prior to Pucks’ application of the love juice, what would Hermia say to
Lysander? Find a quote.
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ii. What does this quote mean in modern terms?
iii. Create a Voki character to represent Hermia. In the text box, write your
groups’ modern phrase for Hermia.
iv. Create a presentation for the class:
1. Explain who your character is, and who they are speaking to
2. Read the quote from the play aloud to the class.
3. Play your Voki character.
v. After the application of the love juice, things change a bit. What would Hermia
say to another character after Puck made his mistake?
1. Explain who your character is, and who they are speaking to
2. Read the quote from the play aloud to the class.
3. Play your Voki character with the modern interpretation of the quote.
b. Lysander:
i. Prior to Pucks’ application of the love juice, what would Lysander say to
Hermia? Find a quote.
ii. What does this quote mean in modern terms?
iii. Create a Voki character to represent Lysander. In the text box, write your
groups’ modern phrase for Lysander.
iv. Create a presentation for the class:
1. Explain who your character is, and who they are speaking to.
2. Read the quote from the play aloud to the class.
3. Play your Voki character.
v. After the application of the love juice, things change a bit. What would
Lysander say to another character after Puck made his mistake?
1. Explain who your character is, and who they are speaking to.
2. Read the quote from the play aloud to the class.
3. Play your Voki character with the modern interpretation of the quote.
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c. Demetrius:
i. Prior to Pucks’ application of the love juice, what would Demetrius say to
Helena? Find a quote.
ii. What does this quote mean in modern terms?
iii. Create a Voki character to represent Demetrius. In the text box, write your
groups’ modern phrase for Demetrius.
iv. Create a presentation for the class:
1. Explain who your character is, and who they are speaking to.
2. Read the quote from the play aloud to the class.
3. Play your Voki character.
v. After the application of the love juice, things change a bit. What would
Demetrius say to another character after Puck made his mistake?
d. Helena:
i. Prior to Pucks’ application of the love juice, what would Helena say to
Demetrius? Find a quote.
ii. What does this quote mean in modern terms?
iii. Create a Voki character to represent Helena. In the text box, write your groups’
modern phrase for Helena.
iv. Create a presentation for the class:
1. Explain who your character is, and who they are speaking to.
2. Read the quote from the play aloud to the class.
3. Play your Voki character with the modern interpretation of the quote.
v. After the application of the love juice, things change a bit. What would Helena
say to another character after Puck made his mistake?
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