Monologue/Wax Museum Project
Students
will be choosing a character or author from one of the first four books we read
this summer, and I will guide them through becoming that character/author in an
effort to educate their parents on what we learned from that character/author
in the book in which we met them.
Students
will write a monologue for their character/author based on these provided
guidelines, and on parent day at the end of the summer, they will dress like
their character/author to present their monologue. The goal is to have students
frozen as their character in a living wax museum. Parents will walk through the
museum and activate the wax figures to hear their informational monologue.
Monologue
requirements:
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Should be 60-90 seconds long
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Should have the character/author introduce
themselves and what book they are from
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Should contain a summary of what the character’s
role in the story was
o
For authors: contain a small summary of their
life that you learned through research
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Should inform listeners on what that
character/author taught us about history/humanity
Some examples:
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Did they teach us the roles of women at a
certain time period?
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Did they teach us about human nature, stages of
grief, etc?
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Did they teach about a civil injustice in our
country or another?
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Should contain how that character would feel
about their issue in present day (are they shocked to see racism is still a
problem, that rights for women have come so far, etc.) This can tie into why it’s
important that we still study the book in present day.
o
If the book takes place in present day, explain
why it/the character is so noteworthy/relevant
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If your character was a symbol/allegory/etc.,
feel free to explain that in your monologue
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