The Visit Lesson Plan

Kander & Ebb

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will compare and contrast the two versions of The Visit they've been assigned.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

Structure:

Once the class has listened to (and if possible, read the lyrics to) the musical adaptation of The Visit, you may conduct a class discussion guided by the following prompts.

- After analyzing The Visit as a written text, how does it feel to hear it performed? Does anything surprise you about this particular production, or about the experience as a whole?

- Give an example of a scene or section that you felt differently about in the musical than you did...