My Space Worksheet.Lesson Four<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Lesson Directions<\/h4>\n
Anticipatory Set\/Hook
As the students enter the classroom the following journal writing assignment is on the board: \u201cWelcome to Your Life: A Play in Three Acts. The person who has been cast as you wants to come interview you before he or she goes on stage. Write a half page journal entry about what you would want to tell the person playing you.\u201d Give the students five minutes. Then have a group discussion and create a strong working list of what someone needs to know to play a character: hobbies, job, age, hopes, willpower, worries, socio-economic status, wants, etc.<\/p>\n
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Instruction<\/h4>\n
STEP 1: Transition: What does Aristotle say about characters in play? Have a volunteer read the definition of \u201ccharacter\u201d from the \u201c6 Elements\u201d Handout. \u201cThese are the people presented in the play that are involved in the pursuing plot. Each character should have their own distinct personality, age, appearance, beliefs, socio economic background, and language.\u201d Connect the definition to the working list.<\/p>\n
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STEP 2: Assignment\/Activity: Present the assignment. The students will need to read the assigned full-length comedic play. As they read the play, they need to find clues in the text that show the character\u2019s traits. Then, they\u2019ll need to pick a character, and fill out mock-Myspace page for that character.<\/p>\n
The students will be given the remainder of class to read the script (give students the option of reading it together, reading it in small groups, reading it as individuals, etc.) Pass out the Myspace worksheet (Have the students look over the sheet and answer any questions.)<\/p>\n
The analysis will be due at the beginning of the next period. (Encourage the students to also keep in mind the plot and theme of the script).<\/p>\n
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STEP 3: Closure: Five minutes before class ends, bring the class back together and discuss any character insights that have been found.<\/p>\n
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Assessment<\/h4>\n
MySpace Worksheet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Objective The students will demonstrate their knowledge of characters by completing a \u201cMyspace\u201d profile for a character in a play read in class. **Obviously another social media site could be substituted for the MySpace profile** Materials Needed \u2022 Classroom set of full-length contemporary comedic script (ex. Neil Simon\u2019s Barefoot in the Park) \u2022 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1681"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3339,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1681\/revisions\/3339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}