"Name This American" - By: Hannah Reinmuth
In this play, six panelists interview guests on a quiz program, trying to guess each one's identity. All of the guests are famous characters from American history.
RL.5.7. Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novels, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem) Inanimate Alice - Analyzing multimedia elements
1. Click on the link on the left to watch the video.
2. Take notes on the note sheet provided. You may pause, stop, and rewind the clip as much as you need. Turn in completed sheet. Answers/Notes must be in complete sentences.
Think and Respond:
Directions: Name the question type for each question. Then answer the questions. Remember to use the P.E.E.L. strategy to help you cite evidence to explain your answers. 1. What do all the mystery guests on the quiz show have in common? 2. What might have been the author's purpose in writing a play about a quiz show including these characters? 3. Why would it be misleading for Walter Hunt to say he had discovered something? 4. If your class were going to perform this play, which character would you like to portray? Why? |