Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of Morality plays by reading Everyman and discussing it.
Materials Needed:
copies of Everyman, small slips of paper
Hook:
Pass out two small pieces of paper to each student.
Tell them to write down a way to read on their papers
Come prepared with your own:
Speak every line as if you were frustrated
Sean Connery (basically every S is now an SH)
British accent
Add “Okay?” to the end of every line
Mispronounce at least one word in every line
Put all of the slips together in a pile (or in a hat/bowl)
Read Everyman
Ask for volunteers for all of the roles in Everyman.
Start reading the play – before each character speaks for the first time, have them take a slip of paper and read their lines in that manner. When Everyman gets bored of his, he can change to a new one every so often.
After each new character has left, discuss the plot. What are we learning about how to be a good Catholic here?
