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ACTIVITY: Models of "good" and "bad" monologues (Monologue Writing Process)

Project: The Immigrant's Song

SUMMARY

Goals

To show students written monologue expectations

 

Details

Duration: 60 minutes

Assessments: Student discussions, Student writing

Materials: The "good" monologue is an excrpt from Anne Raeff's book, "Clara Mondschein's Melancholia."

 

Description

1. This activity was one of the first activities we completed. We read the "bad" monolgue as a class and then answered the questions as a class. Students read the "good" monologue in groups, answered the questions in groups, and then we reviewed the answers as a whole class.

2. We followed this activity with mini-lessons on the craft of creative writing.

ACTIVITY RESOURCES

(e.g. rubrics, examplars, websites, etc.)


Bad monologue model
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Good Monologue Model
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REFLECTIONS & COMMENTS

Author Reflections

We needed to create models of monologues because we did not have any student work. In the future, I would use a student sample (there are two samples included in the "Project Launch" link).

ALL PROJECT ACTIVITIES

  1. "The Immigrant's Song" Project Launch
  2. Models of "good" and "bad" monologues (Monologue Writing Process)
  3. Reading an Oral HIstory/Interview (Monologue Writing Process)
  4. Interview Skills (Interview Process)
  5. After the Interview Fact Extraction (Interview Process)
  6. Literary/Narrative Elements Mini-Lessons (Monologue Writing Process)
  7. Peer Review (Monologue Writing Process)
  8. The Rubric (Monologue Writing Process)
  9. Performance Requirements (The Exhibition)
  10. Performance Checklist (The Exhibition)
  11. Digital Design Overview (The Exhibition)
  12. Final Reflection