Students will demonstrate their ability to perform independently by slating their monologue information in front of the class.<\/p>\n
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The students are supposed to have already picked a monologue.<\/p>\n
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\u2022 Computer and projection system <\/p>\n Invite students to sit in a circle facing each other. Join them in this circle. Tell them you\u2019re going to be coming up with a story, but we will add one word at a time as we go from person to person around the circle. Ask them to please start with the writing prompt which is: a traveler.Write down the story as it is created. When it is complete, ask the students to sit down in their normal seats. Stand in front of them and slate (Hello, my name is… Etc) and then act out the story as a monologue for them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 What would you call that thing I just did there? Does that kind of performance have a name? What does a monologue look like? Can someone define that for me? Let\u2019s watch one! Educational Objective: Students will demonstrate their ability to perform independently by slating their monologue information in front of the class. Previous Knowledge: The students are supposed to have already picked a monologue. Materials Needed: \u2022 Computer and projection system \u2022 Access to YouTube clips: o Much Ado About Nothing Part 5; http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2AlFkbElh44 o …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"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\/820"}],"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=820"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2803,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/820\/revisions\/2803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 Access to YouTube clips:
o Much Ado About Nothing Part 5; http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2AlFkbElh44<\/a>
o Sneaky Little Hobbitses- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O_aziIIp8U8<\/a>
o Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two- Neville\u2019s Speech Scene; http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n8C_3OA8eso<\/a>
o Tangled Scenes Part 2; http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WUoTkPr0igI<\/a>
\u2022 Paper and pencil to write story on
\u2022 Copies of the Tangled monologues \u00a0Lesson 1.Tangled Monologues<\/a><\/p>\nHook:<\/h4>\n
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\u2022 Project the Much Ado About Nothing clip on the board starting at 4:41. At 5:15 turn down the volume, but let the video clip run. Ask, does anyone know what is going on here? Shakespeare has long monologues to express what certain characters are feeling. It would be awkward to start talking about your deepest feelings in real life. Sometimes these types of monologues can get boring, right? Why? What makes a scene interesting? Interacting with someone?
\u2022 Start the Sneaky Little Hobbitses clip. Play it until 1:13 then turn down the volume. Start the discussion but let them observe the role switches between Gollum and Sm\u00e9agol in the background. The scene is more interesting than the first, but why? He\u2019s still talking to himself. Is this a monologue? Is he one character or two? Yes, it is a great monologue. Because he has someone he is talking to. It might be himself, but we need the reactions of others so we\u2019re not just ranting to ourselves and the audience.
\u2022 Play the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two at 1:50. End at 3:35. This is one of the best speeches in this movie. Speeches can be monologues too. When he starts to speak, he makes eye contact with Voldemort. That is important. You might think you\u2019re just monologueing, but you need to see the person or people you are talking to. There is passion behind his speech. We pick good monologues because they have passion- both comedic and dramatic. Was this a monologue? Now, onto one more.
\u2022 Begin the Tangled Scenes at 7:15. Was this a monologue? Could it be? Why or why not? We said that you needed to interact with people, but we also said a monologue was for one person. Yes, it can be a monologue. It is often hard to find long, usable sections for monologues, so we cut characters! Does that make sense? Sometimes it still doesn\u2019t flow nicely so you have to cut more out.
\u2022 Pass out the Tangled monologues. Have each student cut out a few words to make it flow nicely. Ask them to gather in pairs and compare their monologue scripts by performing them for each other. Encourage them to make it their own. Let them know that if they need to change the feeling or emotion behind the words, they are allowed to.
\u2022 Do you know how to start a monologue? Has anyone heard of slating before? I did it at the beginning of our story! You introduce yourself and the basic information about yourself. Slate again for them and give them five minutes to figure it out for themselves. Invite them up to slate one at a time.
\u2022 Before they leave, sign off on their monologue choices for clean language and content, then assign them to memorize half of their monologue by next class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"