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King Lear Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read Act I.

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4

    Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5

    Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its...

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