About this lesson:
Students use excerpts from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain to write original reader’s theatre scripts, practicing fluency.
Additional Notes:
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Prepare in advance of class, copies of the following scripts for groups (larger classes will have duplicates) or alternatively, students can read from their texts:
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Yankee’s arrival (ch. 1, p.7-8)
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Yankee and Court after Eclipse (ch. 6, p. 29-30)
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Yankee’s description of his living condition (Ch. 7, p.32-33)
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Merlin & Yankee confrontation (Ch. 7, p. 35-36)
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The Yankee’s title (Ch. 8, p. 40-41)
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