Measure for Measure Lesson Plan

Comparison of a Cinematic Portrayal

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will compare and contrast scenes from a cinematic adaptation of the play with the text to look for differences and determine the interpretive decisions that went into making this adaptation.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2

Structure:

In 2019, Paul Ireland adapted and directed a cinematic version of Measure for Measure. You can rent the movie here, but see if your school's library has access to it somehow. Watch several of these clips, then find the sections these...