Script Analysis Lesson 2

Script Analysis Lesson 2

KWBAT analyze A Raisin in the Sun using action analysis.

Open Ended

DO NOW: Why do you think it is important to track the important events that happen from scene to scene within a play text?

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A Raisin in the Sun: About the Playwright

• A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959.

• Lorraine Hansberry was the first black female author to have a play performed on Broadway.

• At the age of 29, she won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award — making her the first black dramatist, the fifth woman, and the youngest playwright to do so.

• Hansberry struggled throughout her short life- with oppression via segregation, racism, and homophobia. She died at the young age of 34 from pancreatic cancer.

Setting Your Screen Up

• Even though we will be accessing this play via video, you should ALSO follow along in reading with the script.

• In order to do this you should keep this Quizizz open in one window, and in another window open the script. (2. Script Analysis 1/8)

• Next, minimize these two windows so that they are both visible on your screen.

• When your screen is set up, type "done" in the chat to let me know.

Open Ended

Why do you think Walter gives Travis one dollar after he asks for only 50 cents for school?

Multiple Choice

What is Walter's big idea about getting the money that he needs for his liquor store business venture?

• He plans to sell his family home in the hopes of getting the money needed for the down payment.

• Walter asks Ruth to mention the business idea to his Mama in the hopes that this will warm her up to the idea and she will give him some of the insurance money.

• Walter plans to present to his Mama the pros of getting into the liquor business.

• Walter plans to dis-enroll Travis in private school and use the money that he saves to start his liquor business.

Open Ended

Describe the relationship between Beneatha and Walter using one full, complete sentence.

Multiple Choice

Does Ruth follow through with mentioning Walter's liquor business venture to his Mama?

• Yes, but his Mama says that she wants no business funding a liquor store because it is against her religion.

• No, she refuses to mention it to her because she feels it is not her money to meddle with.

• Yes, and Mama tells Ruth that she will strongly consider funding the venture.

• No, because Mama and Beneatha get into an argument before she has the chance to.

Open Ended

Why does Beneatha feel like she cannot possibly settle down with George?

Multiple Choice

What leads Mama to slapping Beneatha?

• Beneatha demands that Mama pay for her medical schooling.

• Beneatha tells Mama that Walter is full-on insane.

• Beneatha denounces God in Mama's home-- telling her that God has nothing to do with her future success.

• Mama goes crazy and thinks Beneatha to be someone that she is not.

Chain of Events

• When analyzing a play text, the first thing you must do is look closely at all the parts that make up the whole of the scene.

• When looking at a scene, such as the one you have just read and watched, you should identify major events. For example, when Mama slaps Beneatha after the argument over religion.

• One way to document these major events, and to better understand the text, is to create a chain of events.

• A chain of events is a chronological list of the most important, highest impact moments in the scene

3. Scene Analysis 1/8

Navigate to assignment three under today's date in Google Classroom "Assignments." Follow the directions and complete the first part of the worksheet.

Types of Characters

• Flat/ Static Characters- Characters that are relatively uncomplicated and that do not change much during the course of the play.

• Round/ Dynamic Characters- complex characters that develop and change throughout the play, sometimes sufficiently to the surprise of the reader.

• Protagonist- The main character at the center of the story, who makes the key decisions, and experiences the consequences of those decisions. 

• Antagonist- The character working against the protagonist's goal and creating the main conflict. 

3. Scene Analysis 1/8

In the same assignment you previously worked in, finish the last three questions at the bottom of the worksheet.

Open Ended

EXIT TICKET: Make a prediction. What do you think Mama will do with the insurance money when it arrives? Answer in a full, complete sentence.