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American Drama, 10 Weeks
Playwright Study:
- Tennessee Williams
- Arthur Miller
- August Wilson
Texts Studied:
- All My Sons
- Death of A Salesman
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- The Glass Menagerie
- Fences
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Standard 11.2.1: Analyze Complex Characters and Theme Development
- Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a play, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
- Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a play and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account.
Standard 11.2.2: Analyze the Author's Choices in Structure and Style
- Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a play, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
- Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).
Standard 11.3.1: Write Arguments and Explanatory Texts
- Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence (e.g., analyzing a character's motivations or the effectiveness of a play's structure).
- Write explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content related to plays.
Standard 11.3.2: Production and Distribution of Writing
- Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience (e.g., writing a critique of a play).
- Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information related to plays.
Standard 11.1.1: Initiate and Participate in Collaborative Discussions
- Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on topics related to plays, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence, ensure a hearing for a full range of positions on a topic, and promote divergent and creative perspectives related to plays.
Standard 11.1.2: Evaluate Information Presented in Diverse Formats
- Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems related to plays, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.
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