Day 3

The Chairs Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    A natural progression

    Kind of Activity:

    Individual Writing

    Objective:

    Students will analyze the energetic and choreographic structure in The Chairs and craft their own original scenes.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5

    Structure:

    To begin, a student volunteer might read the following excerpt aloud for the class:

    “Old Man: ...But of course, I believe in progress, uninterrupted progress, with some jolts, nevertheless…”

    Then, the following prompt might be...

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