The Threepenny Opera Lesson Plan

Scene Performance (Day 1)

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

Students will be able to take on the text in its intended form

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

Divide students into groups of varying sizes (no fewer than 3, up to 5 or 6). Provide them with a list of the following scenes:
• Peachum and Filch's dialogue in Act One, Scene 1
• A section of dialogue before Polly and Mac's wedding in Act One, Scene 2
• Polly and Mac's dialogue in Act Two, Scene 4
• The dialogue between Peachum and Brown at the end of Act Two
• The conversation among Peachum, Mrs. Peachum, and Jenny at the beginning of Act Three
• Polly and...