If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will be able to engage with the ideas that The Pillowman presents about the role and power of writing.
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Students will be able to engage with theatrical design and performance as part of a theatrical text.
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Students will be able to evaluate arguments about the influence of onstage and onscreen violence.
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Students will be able to write analytically, argumentatively, and creatively about the central topics and themes of The Pillowman.
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Students will be able to consider the script in the context of twentieth- and early...