Phase 4: Short-Genre Exercises
for Draußen vor der Tür:
Grade 12
Which exercise more effectively
builds on prior elements in the curricular sequence to
fulfill particular sets of Standards? Which
ones, and how?
After you read both exercises,
justify your choice in the Brainstorming Forum which
follows, or click directly on the Hints on Exercise
A and Exercise B to see what
factors may play into your judgments. After you have
finished these exercises, go on to the examples of
long-genre exercisess for Grade 8 and 12.
Short-Genre Production, Grade 12
Write a diary entry of your
impressions of the play thus far. Consider the
characters in the prologue from a personal
perspective. Would you act as they do under similar
circumstances? Why or why not?
Exercise B:
Short-Genre Production, Grade 12
Summarize the events in the prologue in an initial paragraph. Then speculate briefly about what you expect to happen in the scenes to come.
Which of these exercises is more
feasible for this learning level, and which of the
Standards do they foster?