A Midsummer Night's Dream
Welcome to our "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Summer Special. A bumper pack of fun activities designed for all abilities & ages. Something for everyone. From English Literature students-to little sisters-to Grandmas & Grandpas!
Contents:
An exclusive True Love Mix & Match activity with free printables
Find the Missing Word Quote activity-see below
Simple story plot retelling for all ages & abilities-free printables
Simple story plot for cutting, mixing & re ordering activities-free printables
"The course of true love never did run smooth"
Activity One
True Love Mix & Match activity
Help the young lovers find their true love with our colourful activity cards
Restore harmony & balance to the world by reunited the Fairy King Oberon & Queen Titania
Celebrate the marriage between Duke Theseus of Athens & Queen Hippolyta
There are 8 character cards: Titania, Oberon, Theseus, Hippolyta, Hermia, Lysander, Helena & Demetrius.
Print each character card x 4
A total of 36 cards
Laminate the cards
How to play
For one to four players
Put all the cards face down on a table.
Each player turns over 2 cards.
The player keeps the cards when the 2 cards are a true love match.
Mismatched pairs are returned face down on the table.
Continue playing until all the pairs have been matched.
The player with the most pairs of True Love is the winner!
Or
Give each player 6 cards. The remaining cards are put in a pile on the table.
Put your cards face up on the table in front of you.
Do you have any True Love pairs?
If YES, keep the pair & take 2 new cards from the top of the pile.
If NO, throw one card away. Put it next to the pile & take a new card from the top of the pile.
Continue until all the True Love pairs have been reunited or the pile is finished.
The player with the most amount of True Love pairs is the winner!
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Activity Two
Find the Missing Word-Quote Quiz.
Grab a pencil & paper.
Find the missing words.
1
"Four days will quickly steep themselves in night.
Four nights will quickly .......away the time."
Hippolyta
a. dream
b. count
c. waste
d. blow
2
"Full of vexation come I with complaint
Against my child, my daughter......."
Egeus
a. Helena
b. Titania
c. Juliet
d. Hermia
3
"I would my father looked but with my......."
Hermia
a. heart
b. eyes
c. soul
4
"To live a barren sister all your life,
chanting faint hymns to the....... fruitless moon."
Theseus
a. wild
b. crescent
c. crone
d. cold
5
"The course of true love never did run....."
Lysander
a. gently
b. smooth
c. true
d. quickly
6
"My tongue should catch your tongue's sweet......."
Helena
a. melody
b. taste
c. Sound
d. whispers
7
"I will go tell him of fair Hermia's.......,
Then to the wood will he tomorrow night."
Helena
a. plan
b. escape
c. flight
d. elopement
8
"Nay, faith, let me not play a....... I have a beard coming."
Flute
a. wall
b. lion
c. moon
d. woman
9
"I must go seek dew drops here,
And hang a.......in every cowslip's ear."
Fairy
a. diamond
b. pearl
c. sparkle
d. jewel
10
"I have forsworn his....... & company."
Titania
a. love
b. kisses
c. bed
d. gifts
11
"The juice of it on sleeping.......laid."
Oberon
a. eyelids
b. hearts
c. lips
d. brows
12
"What thou seest when thou dost awake,
Do it for they true....... take."
Oberon
a. companion
b. enemy
c. friend
d. love
13
"one turf shall serve as......for us both."
Lysander
a. sleeping bag
b. pillow
c. bed
d. home
14
"Will not the ladies be afeard of the.......?"
Snout
a. moon
b. dark forest
c. dragon
d. lion
15
"What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here,
So near the cradle of the fairy.....?"
Puck
a. queen
b. helpers
c. nursery
d. bedroom
16.
"bless thee, ......., bless thee. Thou art translated."
Quince
a. Helena
b. Flute
c. Bottom
d. Snout
17.
"What.......wakes me from my flowery bed?"
Titania
a. monster
b. creature
c. fairy prince
d. angel
18
"Peaseblossom, Cobweb,......., & Mustard Seed!"
Titania
a. Petal
b. Moth
c. Butterfly
d. Mayfly
19
"For me thinks I am marvelous.......about the face."
Bottom
a. fuzzy
b. itchy
c. stubbly
d. hairy
20
"For she his hairy....... then has rounded with a coronet of fresh & fragrant flowers."
Oberon
a. ears
b. nose
c. temples
d. head
21
"I will get Peter quince to write a.......of this dream."
Bottom
a. ballad
b. song
c. play
d. joke
22
"If we....... have offended"
Puck
a. fairies
b. shadows
c. immortals
d. actors
23
"Give me your.......if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends."
Puck
a. money
b. good reviews
c. hands
d. love
Answers
1.a-dream
2.d-Hermia
3.b-eyes
4.d-cold
5.b.smooth
6.a-melody
7.c-flight
8.d-woman
9.b-pearl
10.c-bed
11.a-eyelids
12.d-love
13.b-pillow
14.d-lion
15.a-queen
16.c-Bottom
17.d-angel
18.b-moth
19.d-hairy
20.c-temples
21.a-ballad
22.b-shadows
23.c-hands
Scores
20-23 Wow! You have super glittery wings!
15-20 Fabulous! You have rainbow wings! Under 15 Excellent try! Have another go with a friend. See if you can get some rainbow or glittery wings!
Activity Three
You need our free printables for this activity.
Read our simple story plot free printable.
Cut up our simple story plot for cutting-mixing-reordering
Mix them up
Re order the story
Have a competition! Play in teams.
Why not have a Midsummer Night's Dream picnic?
Design & make invitation cards
Dress up as your favourite character
Bake & decorate fairy cakes
Invent some summery & fruity fairy drinks
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