The Epic of Gilgamesh Lesson Plan

Students read Tablets IX and X

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1
   Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3
   Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.10

   By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

   By the...