Example of Passive and Active Learning

In English Literature, we were given a handout or rather an Act from the play Educating Rita by Willie Russell with questions. We followed the instructions on the question sheet after Scott had read aloud the extract from the play. However I could have made it more of an active, as opposed to passive, exercise by firstly relating it to my own personal educational journey and as aclasss, whilst reading the play, one of us could have assumed the role of either Rita or Frank, thereby making it far more interactive and more of an active, enriching experience.