King Lear Act 3 Quiz and Close Reading Analysis Worksheets Bundle

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s King Lear with this bundle of formative assessments. Included are the following: a quiz on characters and plot, seven close reading worksheets addressing the author’s craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will do the following:

• Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Discern the intended effect of Shakespeare’s narrative techniques and figurative language
• Define words/phrases as they are used in context
• Verify interpretations of language using reference materials
• Describe tone in context
• Consider the greater significance of given details
• Determine the primary function of given excerpts/scenes
• Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Compare two characters in the play (Edgar and Edmund)
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including assonance, hyperbole, personification, paradox, metaphor, verbal irony, dramatic irony, situational irony, and apheresis
• Conduct brief research on pelicans to better understand their symbolic value in context (“pelican daughters”)
• Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
• Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision