Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Lesson Plan

Fractured Shakespeare #2

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to understand the process behind Stoppard's free adaptation

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9

Structure:

Students should reform their groups from part #1 of the exercise. Working together, they should come up with a story about their character, answering the following questions:

1. What is the character's overall objective in your story? How did the character decide what they want?

2. How will they need to interact with the main characters from their play, and how do they feel about those characters?

Keep in mind, while...