If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will be able to explain Marlowe's poetry and translations in terms of form and content.
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Students will be able to discuss the place of Marlowe's poetry in the broader literary family of Elizabethan literature.
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Students will be able to compare the form and content of Marlowe's poetry to the works of his contemporaries.
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Students will be able to expand vocabulary and make connections between words in Latin, Middle English, and Contemporary Vernacular.
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Students will be able to analyze the role of both classical allusion and the...