Coriolanus Lesson Plan

For this section, students should read all of Act I of William Shakespeare's Coriolanus.

Common Core Objectives

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2. 2

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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Act I, Scene 1

A group of angry, starving plebeians are on the march through the city of Rome. The plebeians believe that the patrician magistrates of Rome, and especially the haughty patrician general Caius MARTIUS*, are purposefully withholding grain from the common...