Looking for a new way to engage students? Need an adaptable module to fit into your term?
Her Own Worst Enemy gets students practicing reading, writing, speaking, and listening through the analysis, rehearsal, and performance of an original one-act play.
Aida is in her last year of high school. She has good grades and she is planning to go to college. She wants to pursue a career in science and is thinking about a medical field. However, there is a catch. Aida is also good at acting. Her performance in a school play has caught the attention of the theater director at a famous performing arts college. When he invites her to audition for a spot at the school, Aida’s friends and relatives are excited about the opportunity. Everyone has advice for her, but Aida must make her own decision about her future.
As students produce the play, they will practice many skills, including:
Pronunciation Practice: Sentence and word stress
Pragmatics Practice: Encouraging someone
Production Skills: Learning a part and staging plays for students
Attentive Listening: Discussing a career
Readings on STEM Careers and Liberal Arts Careers, with profiles of Steve Herbet, CEO of Nimbix cloud computing, and Molly Dill, Production Director at the Houston Grand Opera
Debate and Discussion
Creative Writing
Her Own Worst Enemy will make your students look forward to class.
