Lesson Plans 05/01

Course/ Subject/Unit: Pre Ap Literature/Composition

Date of Instruction: 05/01/23

ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

Learning Target:

1. analyze characterization in a dramatic scene 

2. view a scene and analyze actors’ performance choices

Success Criteria:

1. characterization questions 

2. exit ticket responses

Activities & Assignments

FFW

Respond to the opening prompt exploring the opening choir in Romeo and Juliet. Analyze the words and extrapolate what is to come in the play itself. 

Explore variant definitions of the word civil and think about the many ways that word affects the opening. The instructor will then summarize the overall plot and conflict of the play. 

The instructor will then pass out character motivation sheets and thought questions to aid students in preparing to act out the play. After students complete their thought questions, the class will view a production of the scene on youtube. The class will carefully consider the thought questions in regard to the scene from the Zeferilli production.