Lesson Plan

Mid-Unit Assessment: Author’s Craft: Analyzing Shakespeare’s Craft: Part 2

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Annoyed or bewitched—how does an author's word choice affect a text? Scholars begin the instructional activity by analyzing word choice in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Next, learners take a closer look at the narrative structure of the Greek myth "Pyramus and Thisbe" to explain how a text's structure contributes to its meaning.

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • Have pupils change words within a poem and discuss the overall effect with partners 
Classroom Considerations
  • The lesson is the 10th in a series of 18 from the Grade 8 Module 2B, Unit 2 series
  • Serves as the second part of the mid-unit assessment
Pros
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Cons
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