Daily Lessons for Teaching The Spanish Tragedy

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: Act 1, Scene 1 In Act 1, Scene 1, Andrea is accompanied in his journey to the land of the living by a representation of Revenge. The objective of this lesson is to explore the personification of the theme of revenge.

1) 1. Class discussion: What is personification? How is personification used in the play? How is revenge personified? How is personification different on stage than in...
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