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Lesson 1 (from Section 1: Lines 1-216)
Objective
The objective of this Daily Lesson is to acquaint students with mythological and literary background information in order to increase their engagement with and comprehension of Venus and Adonis. Long before Shakespeare wrote his version of the Venus and Adonis story, the Roman poet Ovid told the story in Metamorphoses. Of course, Ovid himself drew from an already long tradition of retelling the stories of the Greek and Roman gods. This lesson acquaints students with the mythological Venus and Adonis and with Ovid's telling of the tale, and then it asks students to analyze basic features of Ovid's telling.
Lesson
Research Activity: Give students time to research answer to the following questions:
1) Who are Aphrodite, Cupid, and Adonis? What name is Aphrodite known by in later, Roman, stories?
2) What are the key events in the Ancient Greek story of Aphrodite and Adonis, according to sources like...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.9, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.7, 9-10.10, 11-12.7, 11-12.10
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