The Pillowman Lesson Plan

Set and Costume Vision Boards

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will be able to consider the different ways of reading and knowing involved in theatrical production

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2

Structure:

For homework last night, students should have looked up clips or still photographs of two different productions of The Pillowman. Ask a few students to share their two images. Both were productions of the same play: what do they have in common? What are the significant differences between them? How can visual elements like sets and costumes in a play best support the telling of a story?

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