Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
Students have read about developing characterization and writing original monologues. Before they complete the concentration activity, you may wish to have student volunteers role-play a stock character, a stereotypical character, and an original character and have the class determine which of the three types of characters each performance demonstrates. Also have students discuss the differences between a monologue and a soliloquy and when to use each in a performance.

Lesson Description
Students will complete a concentration activity to reinforce the terms of the chapter. For each statement, students will search a group of definition cards to find the correct match. Students will choose the definition that best matches each term.

Instructional Objectives
1. Students will understand the meanings of vocabulary terms.
2. Students will match the correct definition to each of the chapter's vocabulary terms.

Student Web Activity Answers
analyze: to study carefully or examine critically
characterization: developing and portraying a personality through thought, action, dialogue, costuming, and makeup
first person: indicates the speaker's point of view as "I"
mannerisms: unconscious habits or peculiarities
monologue: a long speech spoken by one person, revealing personal thoughts and feelings
soliloquy: a monologue usually delivered while the character is alone onstage, thinking aloud
stereotypical character: a familiar character identified by an oversimplified pattern of behavior that typically labels the character as being part of a group of people
stock character: an easily recognizable character; a flat, one-dimensional character with predictable actions

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