Lesson Plan

Festival of Fools

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Students act out lines from King Lear to show a character's folly.  In this English literature lesson, students identify the 'folly' of a given character by choosing a passage from King Lear to demonstrate a time when the character acts like a fool.  Students perform the passage for the class and discuss why they think their passage is evidence of that character's foolishness.

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Grade
10th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Simulation
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