Interior+Monologue+Project

Writing interior monologues is a useful tool for students to envision how different people experience life. Through this assignment students will learn helpful tools on how to empathize with different individuals and connect with people or characters that they have very little in common with. Students will choose a character from the book that they have read and pretend that they are them. Students will write from the characters perspective about an event in the book, attitude towards another character, or simply their emotions at a certain point in time. Students should brainstorm in groups about the different characters, events, social issues, etc before diving into their individual work.

After students have made their selections, they have the choice of the kind of interior monologue that they write and which character they choose to embody. Allowing students the choice to follow whatever passion they have is important for this assignment. After they have completed their monologues, we will have a read around where they will share what they have produced with the class.

A helpful tool for teaching interior monologues: