Day 5

Angels in America Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Enacting a scene: monologues

    Kind of Activity:

    Performance

    Objective:

    To understand Kushner's text as a performed work

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6

    Structure:

    Much of Kushner's language in Angels in America is complex, idiosyncratic to each character, and full of cultural, literary, and historical allusions. Performing this text in such a way that it sounds like a real human speaking it can be a challenge for actors, and performing it allows actors to discover nuance in the language that is not immediately apparent from the page. In this exercise students will prepare and act a monologue from the play.

    ACTIVITY

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