What's Hiding in a Monologue? March 1, 2019

Focus: What hides in a monologue, and how do we find it?

1. Warming up with a little partner scenery analysis

• Find three descriptions of scenery: One each from the beginning, middle, and ending.

• In terms of the scenery, what shifts throughout the play, and what does it mean?

2. Performing the end of Fences and discussing your reflection questions

3. Analyzing Roses's monologue:

• What are her conflicts?

• Where is her turning point / big realization?

• To what extent does the turning point resolve the conflicts?

4. Applying this exercise to your Empathy Monologue character:

NOTE: Please make sure you have an Empathy Monologue Google doc called "Draft," and that it's in your shared American Literature folder.

• Which conflict(s) has your character experienced that you want to focus on in your Empathy Monologue?

• What might be this character's turning point / realization regarding his or her conflict?

• To what extent does this turning point / realization resolve this character's conflict(s)?

HW:
For MONDAY:
Make sure all of your Connect, Extend, Challenge questions for Fences are complete except for the final scene, which we will perform tomorrow (see rubric below). Remember that if you missed class on a Reader's Theater day, you still need to complete that entry.

Check out the Fences journal/blog rubric I will use to assess and give feedback to your blogs.