Richard II Lesson Plan

The GIST of it

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will prepare an objective summary of Act I.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2

Structure:

Reading Shakespeare can be a daunting task for students who aren't familiar with his writing: the combination of Early Modern English and verse means that students must often essentially analyze poetry in an antiquated form of the language.

For this activity, each student will fill out a separate GIST Template (linked below) for Act I. This worksheet will provide them with a simple summary of the basic facts of each section of the text, as well as a succinct plot...