Cyrano de Bergerac Lesson Plan

Interpretation

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

To bring the play to life, and to understand viscerally how words can become embodied and translated into gesture and movement.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.6

Structure:

Students will get into groups of three. One student will be the director and the other two will be actors. The assignment is to perform Christian and Cyrano's dialogue beginning at Christian's line, "And so I know where I stand," and ending at Roxane's entrance.

As the students work, they should be reminded to pay attention to:

pacing

movement

diction

physical presence

The role of the actors is to perform,...