Mother Courage and Her Children Lesson Plan

Interpreting A Dramatic Work for Performance

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

Students will read and interpret a dramatic work for performance.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

While epic theater can be appreciated well in written form on a page, it is best experienced as a performance. This activity has students analyze, practice, and perform Scene 3, one of the most important and complicated scenes in the play. Rather than having a single group of students perform the entire scene all the way through, students will be divided up into several...