The Glass Menagerie Lesson Plan

Dramatizing Daily Life (Day 2)

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to write dialogs based on lived experiences

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4

Structure:

Have students bring in their journal entries from the first day of this activity, and divide students into small groups of 2 or 3. Each group should discuss every member's writing from the previous day and choose one piece as the basis for a short dialogue, to be written and performed by the group. While students should feel free to work stylistically in a way that appeals to them, they should take inspiration from Williams in giving each...