| ORGANIZERS FOR STUDENTS "From Page to Stage" Name_________________________________________ Date__________________ Part 1: The Page Your first task is to read your assigned literary work and answer the following questions. Assigned work of literature and date of publication (if available): __________________________________________________________ Author: ___________________________________________________________ Who are the primary characters in this excerpt or story? Record the characters' names as well as three or four words that describe each character. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ What does each character want in the excerpt or story? What would you say is each character's goal, objective, or primary interest? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ What is the tone or mood of the excerpt or story? How does the story make you feel? Write two to three sentences about how the story makes you feel, and why. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ If this work of literature were turned into a musical theater piece, which character do you think should be singing a song related to this excerpt or story? Should it be one character, or several characters? Why? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Stop here and wait for further instructions from your teacher. Part 2: The Stage Your next task is to examine a song from a Broadway musical based on the literature you have read. You will be listening to a brief sound clip of a song. You may need to listen to the clip several times to answer all of the questions below. Song title: _____________________________________________________________ Name of the musical from which the song is taken: _____________________________________________________________ Which character from the excerpt or story do you think is singing this song? Why? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ What words would you use to describe the song? How does the song make you feel? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Is the song using specific words, phrases, or sentences from the story or excerpt? Has any of the exact text of the story or excerpt been written into the song? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Once all members of your group have finished Part 2, you can move on to Part 3. Part 3: From Page to Stage Your task is to compare your assigned literary work to the song based on it. How is the excerpt or story you read SIMILAR to the song? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ How is the excerpt or story you read DIFFERENT from the song? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Does the song effectively capture the tone or mood of the work? Are the characters and themes preserved? Is the song "successful"? Why or why not? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Once your group completes this activity, you will need to describe the following information to the rest of the class:
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