Teaching The Epic of Gilgamesh | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Tablet 1 The tablet begins with a foreshadowing of Gilgamesh's great deeds. The object of this lesson is to discuss foreshadowing and why it is used.

1) 1) Define foreshadowing for students. Have students find examples of foreshadowing in Tablet 1. Students can also be given other short stories that provide examples of foreshadowing.

2) Discuss with students the reasons an author uses foreshadowing. How...
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