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Fences (1985)

by August Wilson (1945-2005)

Mr. Chilton, AP Lit

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AP Lit Review Week Plan:

  • 15 minute review this week on M-W-F
  • Reading quiz style “test” (15 minutes, 20 objective questions) next Monday or next day in class
  • Take notes--use on exam
  • Use this play on the exam? Complete book review and in-depth book review?
  • I hope you’ll enjoy this moving, thought-provoking play

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The plan:

  • Partner up
  • Research a question/task (5 minutes)
  • Discuss/present (5 minutes)
  • Chilton lectures (5 mintues)

15 minute review

(if done during AP Lit review week…)

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Day 1:

  • Choose a character:
    • Troy
    • Rose
    • Cory
    • Lyons
  • Research and write down examples / answers / quotes to these questions:
    • Who is your character? What are they like?
    • What is your character’s character?
    • What is their relationship to the others?
    • What is your evaluation of them?
    • How do you know this? What’s your evidence?

Be creative:

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see Mr. Chilton’s example on next slide

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Day 1:

  • Choose a character:
    • Troy
    • Rose
    • Cory
    • Lyons
  • Research and write down examples / answers / quotes to these questions:
    • Who is your character? What are they like?
    • What is your character’s character?
    • What is their relationship to the others?
    • What is your evaluation of them?
    • How do you know this? What’s your evidence?

Be creative:

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see Mr. Chilton’s example on next slide

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Day 2

Partner up with copy of Fences

Choose one character and their monologue to discuss and analyze:

Troy: page 21

Troy: page 22

Troy: page 28

Rose: page 28

Reread passage and then discuss:

  • Summarize passage
  • Analyze tone, diction, imagery of passage:
    • What impact did it have?
    • If you changed it, what difference would it make?
  • How does this speech give us an insight into their character?

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Day 3:

  1. What is your final evaluation of: Troy? Rose? Their relationship? Troy and his sons? (cite your evidence)
  2. How does the final scene change our perspective on Troy?
  3. How do you interpret the final narration about Troy and Gabriel’s last line? How would you portray this if you were the director of the movie?

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