Six Characters in Search of an Author Lesson Plan

Students should read the final act of the play.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

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 III

The play’s shortest and most action-packed act opens with a change of scenery: the set has been rearranged to represent the outdoors, with a few trees and a fountain. The Step-Daughter...