Journal Entry:
Monologue critiquing or monologue writing 

Collect forms for action research
Pull out overheard conversations 

Reading a monologue out loud 

Identifying Conflict

Read a piece of The Language Archive 

Listing Wants/Fears

Homework:
One line for each of the pyramid:
1. Exposition
2. Inciting Incident
3. Rising Action
4. Climax
5. Falling Action
6. 

Journal Entry:
Let's look at your character Objective/Want/Obstacles. 
What do you think? 

Collect forms for action research
Pull out overheard conversations 
Developing Questions

Read a piece of The Language Archive 

Discussing Monologue/Character Development

Character Description + Character Greatest Want 

Homework:
Write a monologue from the perspective of your character

Journal Entry:
Over the weekend, you should have observed the world! Take some time to describe a moment that you experienced, but try to do it from the perspective of ... YOUR SHOES! Where have your shoes been? What have they seen? What other kinds of shoes have they interacted with? What substances have they touched? What makes your shoes happy? Sad? 

Collect forms for action research
Pull out overheard conversations 
Developing Questions

Read a piece of The Language Archive 

Discussing Monologue/Character Development

Character Description + Character Greatest Want 

Homework:
Character description + Character Greatest Want 
Monologue 

Journal Entry:
Zoom in on one moment from this past week. Try to describe it fully. What colors? What sounds? What smells? Where was it? Who was there? Try to capture as much detail as possible. 

Then, try to identify a conflict in that place/time. It can already exist in the scene, or you can make it up. 

Collect forms for action research
Pull out overheard conversations 
Developing Questions

Read a piece of The Language Archive 

Discussing Monologue/Character Development

Homework:
Observe the world. Find an interesting story in the world and be prepared to journal about it next class.

Journal Entry:
What makes a good character? Identify one character in literature/movie/theatre that you think is a great character and explain why.

Collect forms for action research
Pull out overheard conversations 
Developing Questions

Read a piece of The Language Archive 

Homework:
Observe the world. Find an interesting story in the world and be prepared to journal about it next class.