Before the Coffee Gets Cold Lesson Plan

Making Words Vibrant

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

Students will create a videos that thoughtfully accompany the tone and mood of the passage they select from the text.

Structure:

To begin this activity, students will choose a passage from section III of the novel, "The Sisters." The passage they choose should be relatively short, as they will be reading it aloud and making a one- to three-minute video to accompany it.

Once they have chosen their passage, they should record themselves reading it aloud. They should consider the words and the emotions of the passage when interpreting it vocally. Remind them that they should try a few takes before they make a...