Middlemarch Lesson Plan

Character Exploration

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will analyze a character in "Middlemarch" and discuss the character in a group.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3

Structure:

As a class, identify the primary characters in Middlemarch. Briefly discuss the characters, citing text to support descriptions. For instance, the class might say that Rosamond thinks she is too good for her surroundings, based on her telling her mother in Chapter XI that she won’t marry a man from Middlemarch. Separate students into groups and assign each group a character. Within their groups, students will analyze what...