Neil Perry

Degree of difficulty:	intermediate/ upper–intermediate
Interests/Skills:	– parental conflicts – characterization – static versus dynamic characters
* Additional Exercises (Wahlaufgaben)	If you have enough time you should do these exercises as well!

Group work:
(1) "Stummes Schreibgespräch"
(2) Mindmap: "Death of a Child"
(3) Memorable scenes
*(4) Creative Writing
(5) Neil: characterization (mindmapping)
*(6) Neil's father (parental conflict)
*(7) Roleplay frozen pictures

TOPIC	Part 01	material	timing	group	Where to find information
Neil: Death of a Child	Stummes Schreibgespräch	poster coloured paper	about 60 minutes		Regeln zum stummen Schreib–gespräch FILE

1. Why does a teenager commit suicide?

(1) Take a big piece of wrapping paper and put it on the table.

(2) Write down in the middle:

(3) Now write down your ideas. (Use different colours.)
Comment on your fellow–students' statements.

(4) You may do this exercise in ENGLISH or in GERMAN!

(5) Stop after 25 minutes.

TOPIC	Part 02	material	timing	group	Where to find information
Neil: Death of a Child	Mindmap	poster coloured paper	about 60 minutes

2. Mindmap:

Make a mindmap: Why does a teenager commit suicide? Your
results in exercise 1 should help you!

TOPIC	Part 03	material	timing	group	Where to find information
Neil: Death of a Child	memorable scenes	Video	about 120 minutes

3. Now watch some of the important scenes and try to answer the questions in your "Szenenübersicht".

TOPIC	Part 04	material	timing	group	Where to find information
Neil: Death of a Child	creative writing		about 120 minutes

4. ***Creative Writing:

(1) Imagine Keating keeps a diary: Write an entry (120–180 words) about Neil's death and about the final scene from Keating's point of view. Do not forget to describe the thoughts and feelings that may have come into his mind.

(2) Imagine Mr. Perry keeps a diary: Write an entry
(120–180 words) about Neil's death and about the relation between Neil and Mr.
Keating. Do not forget to describe the thoughts and feelings that may have come
into his mind.

(3) Imagine Mrs. Perry keeps a diary: Write an entry
(120–180 words) about Neil's death. Do not forget to describe her feelings.

TOPIC	Part 05	material	timing	group	Where to find information
Neil: Death of a Child	characterization		about 120 minutes

5. Neil: characterization (mindmapping)

Mindmap your ideas or .....

Neil Perry: When we first meet Neil ...

Methodensammlung:
Stummes Schreibgespräch

1. Why does a teenager commit suicide?

2. Mindmap:

3. Now watch some of the important scenes and try to answer the questions in your "Szenenübersicht".

4. ***Creative Writing:

6. Mr. Perry: What is HIS philosophy of life?