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Lesson 1 (from Section 1: "Ozymandias" lines 1-14)
Objective
The objective of this Daily Lesson is to explore the circumstances that led Shelley to write "Ozymandias." Shelley wrote "Ozymandias" as a part of a writing competition with his friend Horace Smith; they were inspired by the recent importation into England of artifacts from Egypt, among them a fragment of a thirteenth-century statue of Ramses II (also known as Ramses the Great.) "Ozymandias" is thought to be the Greek name for Ramses. Both men agreed to write a poem based on a passage from a book about Egypt written by the Ancient Greek historian Diodorus Siculus. This lesson offers students this background information and then asks them to apply it to a first reading of Shelley's poem.
Lesson
Written Assignment: Write a paragraph that answers the following questions: What is the relationship between British colonialism and the importation of Egyptian artifacts into Britain? How do you...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.6, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.9, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.9, 11-12.10
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