As You Like It Lesson Plan

Performing Oliver's Story

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

By planning and performing a short but complex scene, students will explore a small section of the text in-depth and will learn how different interpretations of the scene can change how it reads to audiences.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5

Structure:

Resources

o Optional: costume and prop items

o Optional: technology to allow groups to incorporate digital media into their performances

Setup

o n/a

Activity

o Split students into groups of 4-5. Explain that each group will be performing 4.2.103-165, in which Oliver tells Rosalind and Celia the story of...