Desire Under the Elms Lesson Plan

Read Act II, Scenes 1-4.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

   Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.B

   Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

3. 3

   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...