Class members take center stage as groups perform scenes from Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope. Actors are encouraged to add stage directions to the script, as well as create costumes and props to enhance their performances.

Concepts

william shakespeare, acting, characterization

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Model, or have a drama student model, how the delivery of a line, a gesture, an expression, and/or a prop, can change the meaning of a line

Classroom Considerations

• Requires either a 90-minute period or two days to complete the performances
• Day 11 out of a 15-day unit, compiled in a series of 10 lessons

Pros

• Packet includes a link to the skit master list, a template that identifies the characters in each scene, and a worksheet for the actors

Cons

• No performance rubric is included

Common Core

RL.9-10.5 RL.11-12.5