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Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.
“Let’s Create a Musical”
Students will write song lyrics for an imaginary musical to learn how songs convey the emotional subtext of a scene.
Combine your answers to create the skeleton of a scene involving two people.
Discussion after the activity might explore the connection to scenes in West Side Story that also communicate subtext through lyrics and musical numbers.
Teaching Suggestion: It might help some students understand the function of song and dance in musical theater by discussing whether musical numbers are meant to be taken at face value (i.