Antony and Cleopatra Lesson Plan

Students should read the entirety of Act I.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Scene One (Cleopatra's palace, in Alexandria)

A pair of Roman soldiers, Philo and Demetrius, discuss their general’s affair with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they fear she is making a fool of him and distracting him from...