All My Sons Lesson Plan

Reimagining Act II

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

Students will convey their knowledge of the play, its characters, and Miller's writing style by writing an alternate scene of the play.

Structure:

Divide students into pairs for this activity. Together pairs will write an alternate script between Ann and George, imagining that George never came into the Keller backyard and instead, they had a conversation driving around, just the two of them. They will create the script based on what they know about Ann's character, George's character, and the ideas George came to the Keller house to share. They will consider the charged nature of the conversation based...