Lesson Plans

Theatre Arts /ELA                                                                                       Mrs. Amberg

THE DOMICILES PROJECT                                                                            Lesson __8__

Common Core Standards: Writing 9-10: Comprehension and Collaboration

2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically

EXPLORATORY

Students will perform “cold reads” of short monologues for the class to familiarize themselves with the genre.  As a class, we will brainstorm qualities of a really good monologue.  This will become the rubric for the monologues they will write using the Domiciles Project doors for inspiration.

DISCOVERY

• Students will be introduced to The Domiciles Project.
• The Task: Students will use the door art as inspiration for writing their own 1 to 5-minute monologue.

The Process:

• Students will view the doors displayed in our school by artist, Alan Tuttle.
• On the first day, they will observe their door, noting possible characters, voices, points of view, tones, stories to tell.
• They will take notes home and write the 1 to 5-minute monologue.
• They will perform their monologues for the class.
• Possible extended experience: volunteer to perform your monologue by your door during Open House.

RUBRIC: Monologues inspired by The Domiciles Project