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Grade Level:
9 - 12
Literary Form:
British Short Stories
10 Lesson Plans/42 Handouts/89 Pages
ISBN:978-1-56077-341-2
Regular Price: $19.95
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Description:
Le Morte D’Arthur is touted as the greatest collection of legends of King Arthur and his Noble Knights of the Round Table in English. The culmination of hundreds of years of development of the legends of Arthur and drawing from a wide range of French and English sources, Sir Thomas Malory’s work was finished sometime between March 1469 and March 1470. William Caxton first printed the manuscript in 1485 as twenty one chaptered books.
Activities:
In this unit students identify characters; portray Merlin in an original way; improve reading comprehension; study the parallel quest; translate words and phrases to modern usage; study alliteration and motif; examine the rules of courtly love; examine women characters’ roles; write a personal essay; summarize; analyze relationship; draw a Grail/family shield; and study colophons.
Ethical Values:
Faith
Respect
Responsibility
Self-discipline
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