Readers of Tennessee Williams' award winning memory play, The Grass Menagerie, will be neither disappointed nor discouraged by this prereading strategy that asks learners to consider what they know about Williams and his play, what they want to learn, and how they will find this information. A final column on the worksheet asks individuals to consider what they did learn after completing the play.

Concepts

reading comprehension strategies, tennessee williams

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the provided questions to prompt in-depth reflections

Classroom Considerations

• An introductory exercise is provided for readers unfamiliar with illusions and memory plays

Pros

• The richly detailed and illustrated resource includes a rationale for the strategy, step-by-step directions, and a template that includes an example

Cons

• None