A Streetcar Named Desire Lesson Plan

Read Scenes 9 and 10.

Common Core Objectives

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   • Reading well: appreciating the achievement of the author by examining how each theme interlocks with other themes, and how the author propels events forward to a dramatic climax

   • Thinking well: using the discussion questions to understand complex characterization

   • Speaking well: developing oral skills through vocabulary development, debate, individual presentation, dramatic reenactment, and group discussion

   • Listening well: hearing the poetry and intricacy of the text and how it adds to the thematic development of the play

   • Writing well: using creative writing to better understand characterization

Note that it is perfectly fine to...