Samantha Plotkin

Introduce William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with a close reading of Oberon's speach in Act 2, Scene 1. In this short lesson, students will read the passage, explore unfamiliar words and uses, and use their new knowledge to illustrate the quotation on the final page. Access to the internet or a botanical book will be required to explore oxlips, eglantine, and other flowers mentioned in the quote. "I know a bank where the wild thyme blows..."