The Epic of Gilgamesh Lesson Plan

Speaking with Scorpions

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Students will be able to discuss was might have been said in a critical conversation that is missing from the text, and create a creative representation of the missing portion.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.B, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.6

Structure:

Refer students to the account of Gilgamesh's encounter with the Scorpion-beings (Tablet IX, lines 47 - 224).

We see that Gilgamesh encounters two Scorpion-beings (who happen to be husband and wife) at Mount Mashu. He is initially intimidated by them, but he soon discovers that they...