STARRING:

Sarah Roadside: Gesture/Teacher- Mr. Sawicki

Justine Durham: Gesture/Attorney
Jamie DiLetto: backdrop/props
and Beth Jacobs: Steve Harmon/main speaker

Throughout the novel, Monster, Steve Harmon has trouble expressing his
identity to others around him because he is accused of being an accomplice to a
crime. However, Steve is never given the chance to really express himself besides
the journal he uses nearly every day in jail. Our presentation will express and
emphasize the way Steve feels and how he sees his identity expressed to society.
Scene I, pages 146-148
Steve reads an excerpt of his writing explaining how he is judged by others.
Scene II
Page 157
Steve sees his brother outside of the window of the jail.
Scene III
Pages 115-116
Steve reads an excerpt of his writing that brings up what his father thinks of Steve.
Scene IV
Page 236
The attorney questions Steves teacher who vouches for Steves innocence and explains
Steves qualities through filmmaking.

Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3: Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with

multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other
characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1.C: Use words, phrases, and clauses to link the
major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between
claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and
counterclaims.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence
clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and
the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose,
audience, and task.