Christopher Marlowe's Poems Lesson Plan

Read Marlowe's translation of Ovid's Amores, Book One.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2
   Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3
   Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4
   Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

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