Introduction
You wake up. It’s dark in the room that you find yourself sitting in. All around you see black except for the single spotlight that shines bright upon your space. You’re racking your brain trying to figure out who you are and what’s happening to you but nothing in your immediate memory surfaces. You clearly are suffering from some type of amnesia. Suddenly a second spotlight appears from nowhere. Buzzing with life on a table sits a computer. You walk towards it and wiggle the mouse. The screen comes to life and the only thing that appears is a picture of a driver’s license with your face and what appears to be your name. Curious you open the web browser and search for yourself.
Task
Your task is to search for your character on the internet and in context clues from the script. Who is your character? Find out as much information about your character. What do they like? What do they dislike? What was going on in the world during the time that your character was alive?
Process
1.) First you will choose your character out of the hat that I will provide for you. This slip of paper will have the name of your character, what show they appear in, and the playwright for the show.
2.) Using the internet you will find as much information on your character as possible. You will search for the following things:
- Setting
- Plot
- Physical appearance if any
- What personality does your character have? (Look at what they say and what others say about them)
- What is your characters marital status? What is your financial status?
- How are they important to the progression of the story
- Characters that your character interacts with
- What was going on in the actual world around
- Is this a true story or fiction
- Can you relate this character? Why or why not?
- Anything else that you would like to add
3.) When you have finished searching for information you will put together a presentation using PowerPoint, moviemaker, poster board, etc. and present to the class who you are and what you have found out about your character. You may use any resource that you have on hand, including but not limited to, props, costumes, activities for the class, etc.
4.) Presentation must be between 3-5 minutes. Use your time wisely.
5.) In order to receive a good score you must be able to answer questions about your character with reasonable facts.
6.) Presentation must be clear and well thought out.
Conclusion
By completing this WebQuest you will be able to do character analyses on any character that you are presented with. It can also help you when learning history or when trying do biographies on historical characters. By the end of this lesson you will be familiar with the internet and how to present information the class in an engaging and fun way.
Credits
TEKS 117.64 Theatre, Level 1
(c) Knowledge and skills
(2) Creative expression/performance. The student interprets characters, using the voice and body expressively, and creates dramatizations. The Student is expected to:
(b) Analyze a character from a script, describing physical, intellectual, emotional, and social dimensions: