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Materials Needed for Lesson
Drama Structure lesson Snow Update Handout
• Independent practice for this lesson
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Learning Objective
Today we will explain the overall structure of drama
CFU
What are we going to do today?
In your own words, what does ________ mean? ________ means __________.
Activate Prior Knowledge
What is your favorite TV show?
Academic Vocabulary
Structure- organization
Connection
Tv shows are considered drama because they are performance before an
audience and follow a special form called a script
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Concept Development
Drama is a story that is acted out in front of people, or an audience.
Plays are written in a special form, which helps you to picture what is
happening on stage. This special form is called a script. A script contains
the list of characters, the lines the characters say, or the dialogue, and
the stage directions.
CFU
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TPS- What is a stanza? What is the idea of the stanza? What image
forms in your mind as you read each line of the stanza what is rhyme?
What is meter?
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Academic Vocabulary
Scheme - arrangement
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Concept Development
The Elements of Drama
•Acts and Scenes- Plays are divided
by into parts called Acts. Acts are
divided into smaller parts called
scenes
•Characters- tell who will appear in
the play
•Setting- tells where and when the
play takes place
•Descriptions-Descriptions are
related to the setting of the play,
but they provide more information
about what has already happened
before the play begins or how the
characters are feeling before the
first lines of dialogue.
•Dialogue- what the characters say
•Stage Directions- Stage directions
tell the actors what to do
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Concept Development
The Elements of Drama con’t
Theme- is the lesson or message of a play. To identify the play’s message, look for clues in what
the characters say and do, what happens as the result of their actions, and how the characters
change.
What is the theme? What is your
evidence?
Treasure items that are passed down
from generation to generation. They are
special parts of people’s past.
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Skill Development/ Guided Practice
Steps to Complete the Skill:
1
Read text closely and identify parts of a drama
2
Use clues from the script to determine the theme
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Answer Questions on handout
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Relevance
Why is it important to understand the structure of drama?
It helps us better understand what the drama is about
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Closure
Steps to Complete the Skill:
1
Read text closely and identify parts of a drama
2
Use clues from the script to determine the theme
What is the setting?
Who are the characters?
What does the stage directions tell
us about Mrs. Wright’s class?
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