Interview Story Drafts Due! Brighton Beach Memoirs Introduction/Research

Take 10-15 minutes to put the finishing touches on your interview story drafts. Then print these out (with a title and your MLA heading) for a grade. See the rubric posted for this assignment in the posts below.

If you finish early, please conduct the following research for our first play: Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon. Write your notes in your journal. Be prepared to share what you found with your peers this morning.

Find out:

1. Who is Neil Simon? What is he famous for? What books or plays did he write?
2. Where is Brighton Beach? What did it look like in the 1930's?
3. What was life like for American citizens in the 1930's? 
4. Check out this link and read about what was happening in the U.S. and around the world in 1937.
5. Finally, read about baseball in the 1930's. 

When called, please go to the library to pick up the play Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon.

When we return from the library, please go next door and sign up for a reading role or script task.

Before we begin reading, please find at least 2 other peers and share information about the 5 questions posted above. Talk about what information you found in the lab. Then we'll get started reading this play.

HOMEWORK: None. Please bring your play scripts back with you to next class.