KS3 & KS4 English curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of Shakespeare, outsiders and genre from 'The Tempest'. They begin to analyse more of Shakepseare's form and techniques, as well as reading more of Shakespeare's language. They also move from creative responses to Shakespeare towards analytical reponses. This unit prepares pupils for their study of 'Othello' and 'Macbeth' by deepening their understanding of genre, form and the role of outsiders and the supernatural in Shakespeare.

1. The plot of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
2. Understanding the genre of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
3. The patriarchal world of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
4. The presentation of Egeus in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
5. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, Act 2, Scene 1: Titania and Oberon’s conflict
6. Model paragraphs about Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
7. The character of Puck in Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
8. The character of Oberon in Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
9. Exploring the character of Puck in Acts 2 and 3 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
10. Including context when writing about Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
11. The significance of the magical forest in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
12. The impact of the magical potion in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
13. How is Puck presented in Act 2, Scene 2 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’?
14. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: Puck - obedient servant or irreverent joker?
15. Act 3 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: disorder in the forest
16. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': How is Puck presented in Act 3, Scene 2?
17. Act 3, Scene 2 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': order is restored in the forest
18. How is Puck presented in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?
19. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Puck's epilogue in Act 5
20. Analysing Puck's epilogue in Act 5 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
21. Exploring key themes in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': love, power, disorder
22. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: Shakespeare and the supernatural
23. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': powerful topic sentences about Puck
24. Creating an argument about the character of Puck in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
25. Introductions to essays about Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
26. Analytical paragraphs: Puck and the supernatural in ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream'
27. Conclusions to essays: Puck and the supernatural in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
28. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': reviewing and refining an essay about Puck