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ORC Resource Number #9436
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Creating Dramatic Dialogues from the Grapes of Wrath
Best Practice
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

In this lesson, intended for use after students have read The Grapes of Wrath, students work in groups to collaboratively write a dramatic monologue in poetic form for one of the characters. In addition to the using the novel, primary sources provided at the site help them understand what life was like for migrant workers. The monologues, written in a voice authentic to the character, may also reveal some previously unknown facet of the character’s life. This lesson also provides discussion questions for the novel, audible vocabulary support, suggestions for adaptations, extension activitites, and numerous links to resources on John Steinbeck, the 1930’s and the Dust Bowl experience. (author/sec)

OHIO STANDARDS
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English Language Arts Standards
Reading Applications: Literary Text Standard
Writing Applications Standard
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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Standards for the English Language Arts
Range of materials and purposes for reading
Write, speak, and visually represent to create text
Purposes for using spoken, written, and visual language
RESOURCE TYPE
Instructional Resource
PRACTICE LEVEL
Best Practice
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 9–12
TOPICS
English Language Arts --
Literature;
American Literature;
Writing;
Writing Applications;
KEYWORDS
John Steinbeck;
The Grapes of Wrath;
dramatic monologue;
primary sources
Publisher: Discovery Education
Author: Alisa Soderquist