#2 (October 4, 2010)
Imagine that we want to convince other juniors at GHS to read these books. This week you’re going to write a very short play based on the most interesting part of your book so far. The goal of this play is to interest readers in your book in less than two minutes.
Roles: Your choice of two characters from your book.
Audience: the class of 2012 – in the auditorium.
Format: Dramatic dialogue (like a short play with each character talking at least five times). Add stage directions to create a setting and to make any actions clear. Imagine we’re going to present a piece of each of “monster” book to interest other juniors in reading them. (Don’t worry we’re not going to do this though we might read a few aloud.)
Topic: a tense, dramatic event in your book. Choose a scene that might be interesting to your peers. (The characters can experience the event or can talk about the event.)
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Example (using a scene from Beowulf)
Beowulf Puts Unferth in His Place
Beowulf (Talking loudly and confidently.): Unferth,
murderer of brothers, save your drunken prattle for lesser men. In my contest with Brecca I fought sea beasts rolling along the whale-road for hours – while you were stumbling drunk ashamed of killing your own flesh and blood. For shame.
Unferth (Looking down into his mead while Geats laugh at
him and Danes stare at him ashamed.): Well. I mean. But. Ah…
[Here each character has spoken once. In your each will speak five times.]
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