NAME: DATE:

THEATRE BASICS AND

“THE SOLAR ECLIPSE
PARTY DISASTER”

ON THE LINES, LABEL THE THREE ESSENTIALS FOR THEATRE: DEFINE THEATRE VS
THEATER:
THEATRE:

THEATER:

WHAT IS THE NAME OF WHAT IS THE NAME OF WHAT IS THE NAME OF

THIS STAGE VERSION? THIS STAGE VERSION? THIS STAGE VERSION?

USING THE DIAGRAM,

WHAT IS THE NAME LABEL THE 9 STAGE AREAS:
OF THIS STAGE
VERSION?

OR
 CLOSE READING
QUESTIONS

1.) REREAD SCENE 1. WHY IS SAM EXCITED ABOUT THE ECLIPSE?

2.) HOW ARE SAM’S AND PRISHA’S MOTIVATIONS, OR REASONS, FOR JOINING SCIENCE CLUB
DIFFERENT? HOW DOES THIS CREATE CONFLICT?

3.) WHAT ARE THREE FACTS YOU LEARNED ABOUT ECLIPSES FROM THE FIRST TWO SCENES?

4.) HOW DOES SAM FEEL AT THE END OF SCENE 3? WHAT CAUSES HIM TO FEEL THIS WAY?

5.) WHY DO THE STUDENTS NEED TO MAKE ECLIPSE VIEWERS?

6.) IN SCENES 7 AND 8, HOW—AND WHY—DO PRISHA AND SAM WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE A
PROBLEM?

7.) READ THE SIDEBAR “DURING DARKNESS.” HOW DOES IT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT
MIGHT SOUND LIKE OUTSIDE DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE? HOW DOES THE SIDEBAR HELP TO
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BIRDS IN SCENE 9?

8.) REREAD SCENE 9. HOW DOES SAM’S JOKE ATTHE END OFTHE PLAY SHOW HOW HE’S CHANGED?