The Glass Menagerie Lesson Plan

How Would You Play It? (Day 1)

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

Students will be able to consider interpretive possibilities for the play

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4

Structure:

Begin by dividing students into groups of two or three. Each group should have a director, an actor, and, if there's a third member, a costume/prop manager. Either assign or have groups choose one of the monologues from Scenes 2 and 3, which include:

• Amanda: "I went to the typing instructor..." (Scene 2)
• Amanda: "So what are we going to do the rest of our lives?" (Scene 2)
• Tom: "After the fiasco at...