This follows the same basic rules of monologue writing. Now, however, students will be asked to write monologue inspired by an architectural element. They will, for this exercise, rely on a place visited, referring to “critique sheets” or use as inspiration their three dimensional model, or, selecting from pattern books, draw an architectural element for the basis of their monologue.
Guidelines:
Look at your selected object and ask yourself the following questions.
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1. Does it give the feeling of heaviness or lightness?
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2. What emotion does it first evoke?
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3. What emotion does it evoke after you look at it for a while?
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4. If a person had to live inside of the structure, what would he/she be like?
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5. If a person had to live outside of the structure, what would he/she be like?
Cluster-write about your building or architectural element.
(In this technique, a word is put in the center of the page and circled. Using this as the radius, a “map” is drawn with subsidiary circles each containing a word. Every time the particular tangent of thought is exhausted, the student goes back to the center word and continues another “line” of brainstorming.)
Free-write a story about your building or architectural element.
(In this technique the following procedure is utilized.
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1. Students are given a pen and a piece of paper and given the instructions.
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2. They are told when the teacher starts the exercise they must write anything they can on their building, but they must not stop writing at any points.
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3. They cannot take their pen off the paper, go back and re-read what they wrote, cross out or otherwise edit.
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4. They must not worry about grammar, punctuation, changing thoughts, or otherwise editing themselves.)
These exercises are designed to get students working from the right side of their brain.
Students must then write a monologue to be acted by a character who would live either inside or outside of their building
Character Sheet
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NAME:
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HOMETOWN:
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AGE:
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
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PARENTS (AND BACKGROUNDS, SUCH AS PROFESSIONS)
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MOTHER:
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FATHER:
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SISTER(S) :
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BROTHER(S) :
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WIFE:
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CHILDREN:
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1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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PROFESSION :
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HOBBIES :
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WHAT DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE TO DO BEST?
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WHAT DOES YOUR CHARACTER DO WHEN HE/SHE GETS ANGRY?
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HAPPY?
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NERVOUS?
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WHO IS YOUR CHARACTER}S BEST FRIEND? WHY DOES HE/SHE LIKE THIS PERSON?
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WHAT ONE THING DOES YOUR CHARACTER WANT TO DO THAT HE/SHE NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO DO?
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WHAT KIND OF PLACE DOES YOUR CHARACTER FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN?
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DESCRIBE THE PLACE WHERE HE/SHE LIVES:
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WORKS:
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WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTERS MAIN PROBLEM:
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HOW DOES HE/SHE SOLVE IT?.
