PREPARE FOR EXAM Take out a pen.

11 TH GRADE2/24/15 PAGE 12: DOAS VIDEO CLIPS Aim: How can we better understand DOAS through film? Do Now: What’s your definition of a “normal” family? Would you say Willy’s family is dysfunctional? Why or why not?

COMPLETE ACTIVITY WATCH CLIP In groups of four, choose a role from below. Stage Directions: How do the stage directions (movements, clothing, etc.) contribute to the play? Give 2 examples. Characterization: How does Willy and Biff’s characterization reflect a message? Give two examples (One for each character). Characterization: How does Linda and Happy’s characterization reflect a message? Give two examples (One for each character). Setting: What is the significance behind the setting? Give two examples.

PRESENT ACTIVITY Procedure: Step 1: Team up with a person and choose two characters (Willy and Biff, Willy and Happy, Willy and Linda, Linda and Biff, Linda and Happy, or Biff and Happy.) Step 2: Choose a dialogue from the sheet provided to you by your teacher. Step 3: You and your partner will then re-write the conversation using the voice and characterization of the two characters you have chosen. Step 4: Write the conversation on loose-leaf (one per team). Be sure to change the names. You may also change up the content in order to fit the character’s personality/characterization.

PAGE #13: IDEALISM IN DOAS2/26 Aim: How might Arthur Miller criticize idealism in Death of a Salesman? Do Now: Would you consider yourself more of a realist of idealist? Explain.

VOCABULARY Go over vocabulary. HW Write a conversation between you and another person (including stage directions). In the conversation you must use 5 new words and 5 of the old list of words.

TURN AND TALK: WHAT CAN YOU TELL ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WILLY AND HIS SONS THROUGH THIS PICTURE?

FINISH READING ACTIVITY PG Guided reading Activity Summary Teller-Create a chart identifying the differences between Charlie and Bernard. Vocabulary Finder- find 3 words you do not know the meaning of. Write the definition (dictionary). Questioner- Write 3 questions you have about the reading (avoid yes or no questions)

ANSWER IN YOUR NOTEBOOK “Five hundred gross in Providence” becomes “roughly two hundred gross on the whole trip.” How does Linda take Willy’s stories? What does this reveal about her?

PG#14: FLASHBACK 2/27/15 AIM: WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF FLASHBACK AND WHAT ROLE DOES IT PLAY IN DEATH OF A SALESMAN? DO NOW: TAKE OUT HW WHAT IS A FLASHBACK?

FLASHBACK : a part of a story or movie that describes or shows something that happened in the past : a strong memory of a past event that comes suddenly into a person's mind

WRITE YOUR OWN FLASHBACK. Remember to start in the present then go into the past then back to the present. (PRESENT  PAST  PRESENT) -OR- Do as Arthur Miller and blur the lines Between past and present.

ON PAGE #14 Everyone important to young Willy Loman abandoned him -- his father, and his older brother Ben. How may this have affected him? Why do you think the tangible (stockings, diamonds, and so on) becomes so important to him?

WATCH CLIPS What were some of the stage devices that the director used to mark shifts in time and place? Now imagine you were directing Death of a Salesman. What other stage devices would you use to mark these shifts?

5-10 MINUTES TO FINALIZE PARAGRAPH: IN PAIRS ANSWER IN A PARAGRAPH (TO BE COLLECTED) INCLUDE EVIDENCE AND 5 VOCABULARY WORDS. 6-8 SENTENCES—WITH CORRECT TEXT CITATION Why do you think Arthur Miller blurs the line between what’s reality and what is the past? Thesis Elaborate Evidence Explanation Analysis Concluding Statement

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS Stream of consciousness is a narrative mode, or device, that seeks "to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. Another term for it is 'interior monologue'." [narrative mode [

CIRCLE DISCUSSION/DEBATE Do you define success in terms of material possessions (such as cars, homes, and jewelry), in terms of more intangible possessions (such as love, friendship, and respect),or a combination or both? Rules: 8 volunteers will join the discussion circle in the middle of the classroom. The rest of the class you may either: Write down questions you have about their discussion and hand it to someone in the discussion. OR Tap someone out and join the discussion yourself. Everyone must participate! **At the end of the discussion we must have 8 new people sitting at the discussion area.**

EXPRESSIONISM Expressionism was a cultural movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the start of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world in an utterly subjective perspective, radically distorting it for emotional effect, to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists sought to express the meaning of "being alive” and emotional experience rather than physical reality.