Class Meetings
90 minute classes
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Topic |
Activities |
Standards |
Last Part of Last Class of Previous Unit
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* Intro to Tennessee Williams & The Glass Menagerie |
* Class watches short film preview of The Glass Menagerie
* Students fill out Background Knowledge and Prediction
Questionnaire |
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1st Class Meeting
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* Intro to Tennessee Williams & The Glass Menagerie
* Comparing Early Stage Directions and Modern Stage Directions - differences, and which tells you more?
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* Each class begins with a couple of theatre games and improvisation exercises to warm and wake students up
* Discuss results of Questionnaire
* Watch professional film - Bio of Tennessee Williams
* Discuss the film
* Begin reading the play aloud in class.
* Stop at appropriate times to discuss stage directions
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- CA-ELD.R.4.5.9-12.5
- Relate the literary works of authors to the major themes and issues of their eras.
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2nd - 4th Class Meetings
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ACT 1
* Specific Nature of The Glass Menagerie
Memory Play - Tom's character
* What techniques does Williams use to convey past and present
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* Each class begins with a couple of theatre games and improvisation exercises to warm and wake students up
* Continue reading The Glass Menagerie aloud
* Discuss Topic areas at appropriate points as the play
unfolds through the reading
* Students continue to predict outcomes
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- CA.ELA.11.R.3
- Students read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature that reflect and enhance their studies of history and social science. They conduct in-depth analyses of recurrent themes
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5th - 7th Class Meetings
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ACT 2
* Williams' use language and symbolism in his plays
* Williams' characters - Flat or Multidimensional - Good vs Evil or Both
* Determining character by relationship to other characters
* Stages of Plot Analysis
* Review Predictions and Compare with
Actual Plot
* Glass Menagerie Exam
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* Each class begins with a couple of theatre games and improvisation exercises to warm and wake students up
* Continue reading The Glass Menagerie aloud
* Discuss Topic areas at appropriate points as the play
unfolds through the reading
* Students continue to predict outcomes
* Students fill out and discuss Stages of Plot Handout
* Students fill out Background Knowledge and Prediction Questionnaire
for comparison purposes
* Review for Exam
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- CA.ELA.9.R.2.3
- ...Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
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8th Class Meeting
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* Glass Menagerie Quiz
* Scene Work
- Performing the Play
- Acting Exercises
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* Each class begins with a couple of theatre games and improvisation exercises to warm and wake students up
* Students take the Glass Menagerie Quiz
* Students select scenes and partners
* Discussion of character, given circumstances
* Students begin to rehearse scenes
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| CA.ELA.11.W.2.2.D |
d. Demonstrate an understanding of the author’s use of stylistic devices and an apprecia-tion of the effects created. |
- CA.T.9-12P.2
- Creating, Performing, and Participating in Theatre: Students apply processes and skills in acting, directing, designing, and scriptwriting to create formal and informal theatre, film/videos, and electronic media productions and to perform in them.
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9th - 11th Class Meetings
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* Performing the Play
Improvisation & Theatre Games Rubric
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* Each class begins with a couple of theatre games and improvisation exercises to warm and wake students up
* Students rehearse their chosen scenes
* Improvisation based on scenes
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- CA.T.9-12P.2
- Creating, Performing, and Participating in Theatre: Students apply processes and skills in acting, directing, designing, and scriptwriting to create formal and informal theatre, film/videos, and electronic media productions and to perform in them.
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12th - 13th Class Meeting
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* Performing the Play
Performance Rubric
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* Each class begins with a couple of theatre games and improvisation exercises to warm and wake students up
* Students perform scenes for grade
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- CA-ELD.LS.1.5.9-12.4
- Speak clearly and comprehensibly by using standard English grammatical forms, sounds, intonation, pitch, and modulation.
- CA.T.9-12P.2
- Creating, Performing, and Participating in Theatre: Students apply processes and skills in acting, directing, designing, and scriptwriting to create formal and informal theatre, film/videos, and electronic media productions and to perform in them.
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14th Class Meeting
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* Summary |
* Students watch the 1973 - Katherine Hepburn filmed interpretation of the play
* Students and Teacher discuss the play and it's importance
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- CA.T.9-12A.1
- Processing, Analyzing, and Responding to Sensory Information Through the Language and Skills Unique to Theatre: Students observe their environment and respond, using the elements of theatre. They also observe formal and informal works of theatre, film/video, and electronic media and respond, using the vocabulary of theatre.
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