Daily Lessons for Teaching The Poem of the Cid: Dual Language Edition

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: First Cantar: Sections 1-18 An epic poem is a lengthy narrative poem containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nationality. Epic poetry is meant to be dramatic, so it often includes exaggeration and over-the-top descriptions. "The Poem of the Cid" can be considered epic poetry. The objective of this lesson is to learn about epic poetry by identifying poetic elements found in...
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