Lovers, madmen, and readers of A Midsummer Night's Dream will need seething brains to complete a crossword puzzle designed for Shakespeare's engaging comedy.

Concepts

william shakespeare, a midsummer night's dream, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the puzzle as a review before a reading comprehension quiz on the play
• Have groups critique the strengths and weakness of the puzzle, and then use their insights to craft their own puzzle for the play

Classroom Considerations

• The 26 clues focus what happens in the play rather than on the significance of the events

Pros

• Includes an answer key

Cons

• The awkward wording of the fill-in-the blank clues makes it difficult to determine the correct answer

Common Core

RL.9-10.3 RL.11-12.3