Students should read the first act of the play.
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3
- 2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7
- 3
CCSS .ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6
Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Act I
As the play opens, we find a theatre company rehearsing a play by Pirandello, Mixing it Up. None of the company members is named, and each member is referred to by their role in the production: the Manager, the Prompter,...
