King Lear35 reproducible exercises in each guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills as they teach higher order critical thinking skills and literary appreciation. Teaching suggestions, background notes, act-by-act summaries, and answer keys included. |
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____________________________________ DATE _______________________ Answers are words boldface word Circle a letter circle the hidden complete the sentences COMPREHENSION CHECK NAME Cornwall’s DATE _______________________ Circle daughter dialogue disguised as Poor Dover Duke of Albany Duke of Burgundy Duke of Cornwall Duke of Kent Earl of Gloucester Earl of Kent Edgar Edmund father Find and circle fool Gloucester's Goneril and Regan hidden vocabulary words husband Kent’s King Lear King of France knights LANGUAGE LAB Lear and Cordelia Lear’s Lear's court letter to complete Literary Glossary definition NAME ____________________________________ DATE NAME ____________________________________ TITLE NAME DATE _______________________ Oswald playwright plot Poor Tom puzzle to complete puzzle with words Regan and Goneril Review the Literary sentence or answer servant Solve the crossword SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS THEMATIC STATEMENT theme TITLE OF PLAY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE word from Box WORDS AND MEANINGS words from Act Words may go words that complete
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Page 37 - DATE A. Write a letter to match each cause on the left with its effect on the right. 1.
Page 43 - Then name two important characters from the play you just read. Write a brief description of each. 1. CHARACTER: DESCRIPTION: 2. CHARACTER: DESCRIPTION: 3. Which character did you find most interesting?
Page 23 - Compound words—like weekend and baseball—are made of two or more words. Combine one word from Box A and one word from Box B to make the compound word that completes each sentence.
Page 30 - Circle the hidden words. They may go up, down, across, backward, or diagonally. Check off each word as you find it.
Page 16 - Use puzzle words to complete the pairs of synonyms (words with the same or similar meanings) and antonyms (words with opposite meanings). SYNONYMS 1.