ALEX Learning Activity

Monologues and Main Ideas

A Learning Activity is a strategy a teacher chooses to actively engage students in learning a concept or skill using a digital tool/resource.

  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Jennifer Salvant
System:Hoover City
School:Robert F Bumpus Middle School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2113
Title:
Monologues and Main Ideas
Digital Tool/Resource:
 
Web Address – URL:
Not Applicable
Overview:

Through this activity, students will take a monologue that they have been working on and select an image that represents the main idea of the monologue. The images will be projected while each student performs to serve as the backdrop for their performance.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 8
Theatre
13) Rehearse and perform a formal drama/theatre work for an audience.

English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 7
5. Evaluate rhetorical strategies used to develop central and supporting ideas in recorded or live presentations, including point of view, purpose, comparison, categories, and word meanings (figurative, connotative, and technical).
Learning Objectives:

The student will identify the main idea of a monologue. The student will select an image that expresses the monologue's main idea. The student will perform the monologue with the image serving as the backdrop.
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
During/Explore/Explain
Activity:

Each student will have a one to two-minute monologue. The text should be memorized. The teacher can utilize a computer lab or allow the students to use another digital resource. The teacher has each student submit an image that represents the main idea of the monologue. If there is a projector screen present in the classroom or media center, the teacher then projects the images while the students perform. The monologues presented sequentially with the projection of the images can create a moving performance. The images support the students' monologues. Other classes can be invited to the performance making this a formal performance.
Assessment Strategies:

When the students submit their images, the teacher needs to check each image to see if it correctly identifies the main idea. If the image is not suitable, the teacher can have an in-depth conversation with the student discussing the main idea of the monologue.

Students should be able to site the text directly to support their chosen image and discuss the image with peers and the teacher.
Advanced Preparation:

Students will need one to two-minute monologue assignments. There are many monologue compilation books that can meet the needs of a middle school classroom.
Variation Tips (optional):
 
Notes or Recommendations (optional):

It helps if students have their monologues memorized before choosing a slide. This ensures that they are very familiar with the text.
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