Death of a Salesman
By Arthur Miller
Tentative Schedule
Rae Anne Alpers
Discuss
Take Pre-reading notes
in class notebooks
Discuss
HW: Bring in a printed ad from a
newspaper,
magazine, junk mail, etc.
Day
2--
Discuss ads and display on
whiteboard or bulletin board
TRANSITION: In our mail, in
magazines, on tv, on the
radio, on
billboards, even the clothes
we wear, we are constantly bombarded
with advertising. Someone
is always trying to persuade us to
buy
or to do something. That’s
sales.
He who convinces the most
people to buy, wins (stays
in business). The play we are about to
read is about a salesman who
upon coming to the end of his career,
looks back at the reality of
his life.
Distribute study guide
questions for each Act and Part Assignment Sheet
MINDSPRINT: Success:
What is your definition of success?
To be a
success, do you need to earn
a lot of money? Can you be
successful without being happy?
Can you be happy without being successful? How
important is your own success to your
parents’ happiness? Do you and your
parents agree on what it means for you to be successful at school? socially?
In athletics? In your future job?
Discuss
HW: Complete Vocab Sheet for
Reading Assignment
#1
**Video
on Author Miller in Library
Day
3--
Vocab Sheet due now; take
up and then discuss vocab
MINDSPRINT: What makes a good
parent? What sorts of things do you
talk to your parents about?
What sorts of things would you talk to a
sibling or friend about—but not your parents?
Do your parents talk to you about their problems?
What sorts of things do teens and their
parents fight about? How do you suppose
that changes when the children become adults?
What are some ways parents can disappoint their children? What are some ways that children can
disappoint their parents? Is there ever
a time children should lie to their parents—or vice versa?
Have students exam front
cover of play, read the blurbs on the back and
Guess what
is going to happen. What will this plot
be about?
Discuss.
Read Assignment #1
Day
4--
MINDSPRINT: Why do 2 people get
married? Why do 2 people stay
Married? Do you think that one
partner should accept
the other
partner’s “failings”? What
are some things married couples
commonly argue about? What
should you do if your parents are
arguing? What should you do if you feel
that one parent is abusing the other—verbally or physically? What should you do if you find out that one
parent is lying to the other?
Finish Reading Assignment #1
Complete Vocab Sheet for
Reading Assignment #2
Day
5--
Finish reading Act I
Complete Study Guide
Questions for homework
Day
6--
Review study guide
questions
QUIZ on ACT I
HW: Do Vocab on Reading Assignment
#3
Day
7--
Take up vocab and discuss
Read
Day
8--
MINDSPRINT: FAILURE:
What comes to mind when you hear that
Term? Define this word.
Complete Vocab for
Reading Assignment #4
Discuss
Day
9--
Read Reading Assignment #4
MINDSPRINT: Choose one and complete
the sentence:
Being a success . . .
Remember the past . . .
Successful high school
athletes . . .
When you feel trapped . . .
Catching your parents in a
lie . . . .
I will always regret . . .
Complete Vocab for Assignment
#5; finish for HW
Day
10--
Discuss Vocab
Read to the end of ACT
II and Requiem
Complete review
questions for homework
Day
11--
Discuss review questions
QUIZ on Act II
Take Post
Day
12--
Create Groups
Discuss Assignment
“Selling Rock-n-Roll to the P.T.A.
Begin working
Day
13--
Library Time for Ads
Day
14--
Library Time for Ads
Day
15--
Share Ads
Day
16--
MINDSPRINT: How would the story and
its effect have
changed if Willy
Had not
died? Why did Arthur Miller “kill off”
Willy?
Discuss
The class will write an
epitaph for Willy
Day
17--
Complete Post
Day
18--
Work on Writing Assignment
in Library
Day
19--
Work on Writing Assignment
in Library
Day
20--
Writing Assignment Due
Watch video—“The Death
of a Salesman”
Day
21--
Finish Video
Do Review Practice
Day
22--
Take Practice Test #1
Grade in class and
discuss
Day
23--
TEST on Death of a Salesman
5/8/07