The Chairs Lesson Plan

A natural progression

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will analyze the energetic and choreographic structure in The Chairs and craft their own original scenes.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5

Structure:

To begin, a student volunteer might read the following excerpt aloud for the class:

“Old Man: ...But of course, I believe in progress, uninterrupted progress, with some jolts, nevertheless…”

Then, the following prompt might be...