Divine Comedy-I: Inferno Lesson Plan

A Hellish Who's Who

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will explore and analyze the roles played by each of the novel's major characters.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.8 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

To begin the activity, the teacher should split the class up into 3 groups of 4–6 students (or however many seems appropriate). Next, they should randomly assign each of these groups one of the following characters from Dante's Inferno:

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