Day 4

The American Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    "Page to Stage to Screen" Dramatic Reading

    Kind of Activity:

    Performance

    Objective:

    Students will be able to compare and contrast scenes from the novel with stage play and cinematic adaptations

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7

    Structure:

    The PBS Masterpiece website for the film adaptation of The American has a section titled “Novel to Film,” which brings together the novel’s original text, the text of the 1890 play adaptation, the film script, and the film clip for three key scenes to ask how the story changes “from page to stage to screen.” Choose one of these scenes, or select a different example using the same...

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