The Threepenny Opera Lesson Plan

The Alienation Effect

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to understand Brecht's perspective on theatre and its presence in The Threepenny Opera

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2

Structure:

Conduct a think-pair-share in response to last night's reading of "A Short Organum for the Theatre." Students should first write five-minute reflections on the piece. What interested them? What confused them? What made them think? After writing those reflections, students should discuss them with a partner, and each pair should come up with two discussion questions related to the piece that reflect...