A Midsummer Night's Dream: What Fools These Mortals Be.
Maureen Tobin
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(180)
Read Shakespeare's classic tale of love, mischief, magic, and mixups with somebody who's loved the play for almost 50 years.
Class experience
US Grade 7 - 10
Scheduling Note: The Autumn 2023 section will be skipping the class on October 17th because I will be in England seeing a few plays and celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio. That's my kind of professional development! The author of Shakespeare's plays has been dead for over 400 years, but he lives on in his work—his plays are still performed and adapted, while his sonnets are still studied and loved. Most scholars agree that A Midsummer Night’s Dream was written in...
I was blessed to have grown up in a house with many books. It was also a blessing to have a mother who nurtured her children’s interests. When she saw her 10-year-old daughter struggling to read The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, she didn’t try to tell me it was too hard. On the contrary, one summer afternoon she excitedly called me into the TV room and told me to get my Shakespeare book. The 1935 version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was playing on public television. She sat me down and told me to read along, then left me alone and somehow managed to keep all of my little brothers and sisters out of the room for the next few hours. That afternoon blew open my “doors of perception” and began my lifelong love of Shakespeare.
Text will be provided by teacher. No other materials will be needed until the end of the class--and that will depend on what the student chooses to do for a project.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(180)
A retired English teacher, I hold an MFA in Creative Writing and a bachelor's degree in Language Arts Education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. I currently work as a reading and writing coach for students of all ages. (Continued below...
Group Class
$25
weekly or $175 for 7 classes1x per week, 7 weeks
75 min
Completed by 33 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
2-9 learners per class
