Day 2

Song of Roland Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

For this section, students should read Laisses 59-110 of The Song of Roland.

Common Core Objectives

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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

Laisses 59-110

Roland accepts his designated role as the head of the rearguard. The rest of the Twelve Peers, including Roland’s closest friend Olivier and the Archbishop Turpin, are also assigned to the rearguard, along with 20,000 other soldiers. The Franks begin to cross over the...

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