Different Monologue Voices: March 5, 2018

Focus: How can we apply moments, movements, and meanings to our own monologues?

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Reading / listening to different monologue voices: "Knock Knock" and "Eleven"

Moments: What moments from this person's life are being described? Which words/phrases make you pause and take a moment?

Movements: What movements--physical or metaphorical--do you notice in the monologue? Where do you see a shift? 

Meanings: What realizations has this character come to about himself/herself or others? About the world?

3. Drafting and self-editing your monologues

In the voice of your character...

• Are you focusing on a singular moment or pattern? (moments)

• Are you identifying a shift in your perspective of yourself, others, or the world around you? (movements)

• Are you coming to a bigger realization about yourself, others, or the world around you? What do you understand better or differently now? (meanings)

• If it helps, you can take a sneak peek at tomorrow's peer editing slides.

HW:
1. Finish and revise your monologue based on today's feedback and e-mail me or come in for a quick conference if you need help. Tomorrow will be our last day of monologue editing.

2. Big deadlines approaching:

• The final draft of your Empathy Monologues is due in www.turnitin.com by 3:00 pm on Wednesday, March 7.

• One-minute Empathy Monologue speeches will be delivered on Thursday, March 8.

• You will receive a 25-point Academic Character grade for turning in your monologue on time.

3. Heads-up: We are starting The Great Gatsby on March 12. I recommend getting your own copy of this book (though we do have school copies available).