Standards
- ELAGSE9-10RL2 Determine a theme or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. Georgia ELA
- ELAGSE9-10RL1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Georgia ELA
- ELAGSE9-10RL4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.) Georgia ELA
Learning Target
Students will be able to analyze a theme of Dante’s Inferno and write a short essay explaining it.
Opening Session
STORY TIME! As we descend into the final circle of Hell, we get to meet Satan and the 3 worst sinners in all of history. Two of them are from a story we didn’t read this semester called Julius Caesar. So let’s take a few minutes during our Opening Session to talk about the story of Julius Caesar’s betrayal by Brutus and Cassius!
Work Session
And now we delve into the deepest reaches of Hell – Circle 9, Canto XXXIV. We’re going to be reading it together out of the textbook today, closely working through the poetry as Dante surmounts the most difficult obstacle of all, Satan himself.
Now that we’ve finished Dante’s Inferno, I want you to answer the Reading Comprehension questions at the end of the section. This will be graded for accuracy!
Closing Session
VOCAB!! Your quiz will be part of your Dante’s Inferno test, which will be next Tuesday!
- Grotesque
- Degree
- Anguish
- Tempest
- Perilous
- Awe
- Writhe
- Nimble
- Eternal
- Haunch
Assessment
Formative (Poster activity), summative (impromptu essay)
Differentiation
Process (scaffolding), Product (varied essay length as needed)
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