Monologue
At the end of the unit you will:
Identify personal strengths as a media interpreter and creator, found to be most helpful in understanding and creating media text
Evaluate orally and in writing personal dramatic work and that of others
Demonstrate ability to concentrate by performing a monologue (identify main points and stay on topic)
Guiding question:
How can events shape the emotions and perspective we have on each other?
You will:
Write a monologue from the point of view of a character, of your choice, from the novel assigned to you.
Think of a monologue like a longer, more detailed anecdote. A monologue comes from the one character’s point of view and is in the middle of describing part of a story or retells a story.
Your monologue should:
-provide a clear insight to the personality traits of your character (psychological characteristics – how does he/she act, feel and respond to those around him/her)
-provide an insight to events that the character is experiencing (or has experienced)
-be an accurate account of a “moment in time” that is true to how events unfold in the novel
-be memorized
-be one-to-three minutes in length
Here is an example of a monologue:
Arrest Us for What? Wearing Big Pants? I'm skating on the sidewalk and this guy tears out of his shop like I'm a weirdo or something and actually tries to shove me off the pavement. sidewalk. I've been here all day and I haven't crashed into one person. about not selling garbage his store wouldn't be going under. Maybe if he checked his blood pressure once in a while he might live longer. I know one thing: The next time he tries to push me off his stoop, he's gonna wish he kept his hands to himself.
"Get a job, you punk!"
Who's he think he is? Get a job. I'm not doing anything to you. As far as I can see, this isn't your
Maybe if he worried less about skaters scaring off his precious customers and more
Get a job. Get one yourself. You'll need one when your lease comes due and your landlord kicks you out so he can open a yogurt bar or something. This is the same guy who threatened to call the cops on us last week. I wish he HAD called them. What are the cops going to do--arrest us? For what? For wearing big pants? There's no law against skateboards.
Call me a punk. I wish he did call the cops. I wonder what the penalty is for a grown man assaulting a juvenile. Not that anyone would've come anyway. The cops are too busy rolling bums and eating donuts to mess around with "skatepunks" who might actually fight back. Skatepunks! What's that about? Just because we skate, does that make us juvenile delinquents? I have a B average in school, I don't smoke or drink, and I never cut class in my life. I don't even sneak into the movies. They don't like the way we dress, so they assume we're criminals or something.
My Dad has pictures of himself in the sixties, with long hair and beads and stuff. To me, he looks like a freak! And he's PROUD of it! They're all proud of it. I think that compared to them we look normal!
Elements of a novel
Monologue - Design Process: Investigate
What is your definition of a novel?
Write down your first thoughts here.
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A novel has a variety of elements or characteristics such as: plot, setting and characters. As the novel’s plot continues often the main characters have a conflict or problem. Throughout the rest of the novel small conflicts and resolutions occur. These turn out to be the main events of the story. At the end of the novel the main problem or conflict is resolved.
Finding the theme
The author writes the story to share a message or main idea. This is known as the theme of the overall novel (the author’s underlying message).
By understanding and looking at the theme, the author is trying to teach us something about what people are like or his/her point of view (world view).
Some themes include: finding yourself, perseverance (never giving up), importance of friendship, conflict between what’s right and what you want to do, being true to yourself, and the importance of family.
Use the following set of questions to help you find the theme of any writing you read.
First read the writing and understand the basic plot, events, setting and characters.
Now answer the following:
What happened? What were the conflicts in the (writing/story)?
What was the most important moment in the (writing/story)?
Does the author resolve the conflict?
How did the work end?
What is the subject? If you were to tell a friend what the work of literature was "about," how would you describe it?
What is the topic?
What about the protagonist (the main character)?How does he/she change?
Does the protagonist (hero) affect other characters?
How does this character relate to others?
Adapted from: http://classiclit.about.com/od/bytheme1/ht/aa_identitheme.htm
Monologue - Design Process: Plan
Monologue Assignment Planner
Monologue – a long speech made by one person, expressing his/her own thought, knowledge, and conclusions on a
topic or event
Write your answers to the following questions in your blue language notebook.
Book title ____________________________________
Identify the theme of the book.
Physical Characteristics - Describe the character you have chosen.
(Eg. What is your character’s name? How old is he/she? How does he/she move?)
Psychological Characteristics – How does you character view his/her world?
What does he/she think is right or wrong, valuable or worthless, interesting or boring?- Psychological Characteristics part 2 - How do others think/feel about your character? Does he/she appear confident with himself/herself with others? What kind of family or friendships does your character have?
Why did you choose this character? (Think about the connection you had with the character. Venn diagram?
How are you alike or different? )
What is the objective of your monologue? (Why did you choose this part of the novel,
what is your purpose in sharing this part with others?
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