GRAMMAR
- Finish Quotation Notes
- Quotations Exercise:In the following sentences put in quotation marks wherever they are needed, and underline words where italics are needed.
- Mary is trying hard in school this semester, her father said.
- No, the taxi driver said curtly, I cannot get you to the airport in fifteen minutes.
- I believe, Jack remarked, that the best time of year to visit Europe is in the spring. At least that's what I read in a book entitled Guide to Europe.
- My French professor told me that my accent is abominable.
- She asked, Is Time a magazine you read regularly?
MIDSUMMER
- Work on Translation in groups (Click here for West groups)
- Just in case you are wondering..... Here are the essay options.
- The play presents several different couples: Theseus and Hippolyta,; Hermia and Lysander, Helena and Demetrius, Titania and Bottom, and Titania and Oberon. What aspects of love are explored in each of these relationships?
- How does Shakespeare use this play to tell society that we need to learn to laugh at ourselves?
- Many say that the play could easily be finished at the end of Act IV. What purpose does Act V serve?
- Puck finishes the play with two short monologues delivered directly to the actual audience. What is his main message?
- Are Hermia and Helena treated as more foolish in the play than Demetrius and Lysander? Is this a commentary on gender? How do we interpret the fact that Hermia and Helena seem just as foolish as the guys, though they aren't under an enchantment?
HOMEWORK
- Study word parts & quotation notes.
