Day 2

Six Characters in Search of an Author Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    You're the Author

    Kind of Activity:

    Creative Writing

    Objective:

    Creatively explore metafictional techniques and ideas, as inspired by "Six Characters in Search of an Author"

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

    Structure:

    In this exercise, students should compose their own Six Characters in Search of an Author: a work of metatheatre or metafiction with original characters but the same (or a comparable) premise. These stories/scripts/screenplays need not share a setting with the original play, and the premise may be altered: the goal of the assignment is to prompt students to consider how metafiction can be used to...

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