Monday, April 23

Objective: SWBAT explain how a flashback scene is used to parallel a present scene from a play.

Do-Now: Why do family members keep secrets from one another?  Has a family member ever kept a secret from you?  Have you ever kept a secret from a family member?  Explain.

Today: 1) Independently, students will read pp. 114-116.  What is the significance of this minor scene?

2) Class will read pp. 116-121.  What does this flashback scene reveal about Willy’s past?  How does this explain his current relationship with Biff?

3) In groups, students will read pp. 121-122 and answer the following questions:  Where do you see foreshadowing in this scene?  What might happen next in the play based on this foreshadowing?

4) Writing: Write a letter from Willy to Linda in which he confesses to his affair. Explain his reasons for having the affair as well as his reasons for ending it. Explain how his affair has affected his relationship with Biff and the rest of his family. Offer any appologies you feel Willy would offer to his wife and family. Your letter should be at least TEN complete sentences.

Homework (from FRIDAY): Write 2-3 paragraphs describing a time in your life where you have overexaggerated something about yourself or lied about yourself in order to make someone think better about you.Why did you choose to lie?What did you feel you had to prove?

Exit Slip: What do you think caused Willy to have an affair?  How might this have led to the destruction of the relationship between him and his son?  His wife?

Homework:  Finish writing assignments