Drama
Overall Expectations:
B1. Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process (see pages 19–22) to dramatic play and process drama, using the elements and conventions of drama to communicate feelings, ideas, and stories;
B2. Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process (see pages 23–28) to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of drama works and experiences;
B3. Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of drama and theatre forms and styles from the past and present, and their social and/or community contexts.
B1. Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process (see pages 19–22) to dramatic play and process drama, using the elements and conventions of drama to communicate feelings, ideas, and stories;
B2. Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process (see pages 23–28) to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of drama works and experiences;
B3. Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of drama and theatre forms and styles from the past and present, and their social and/or community contexts.
Learning Goal: We are learning about the elements of drama
Success Criteria: I know I am successful when I…
Success Criteria: I know I am successful when I…
- demonstrate comfort in Drama class by trying my best and trying new things
- use my voice in interesting and diverse ways to show emotions and feeling
- use my voice to demonstrate how different characters may sound and behave
- write a background story in first person about a character
- use what I know about influence and cultural differences to explain how stereotypes are formed and changed
Monologue
What is a monologue?
A speech with ONE person speaking to an audience. A monologue tells a story that is powerful. A monologue speaker has a strong and specific voice, makes eye contact with the audience, and speaks from the heart! Example 1 Example 2
How to Prepare to do a Monologue
Assignment
A speech with ONE person speaking to an audience. A monologue tells a story that is powerful. A monologue speaker has a strong and specific voice, makes eye contact with the audience, and speaks from the heart! Example 1 Example 2
How to Prepare to do a Monologue
- Write your monologue in first person as if you are the character (Use: I, me, us, we)
- Read your monologue out loud. Practice reading with an interesting voice that matches your explorer. Brave? Strong? Confident? Excited? Respectful?
- Speak clearly
- Use expression in your voice!
- Look up from your paper-make eye contact!
- Choose music to be played in the background of your monologue. Make sure it matches what you are saying! Music needs to be copyright free!
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- Create props and plan out actions. What did your explorer look like? What will your costume look like?
Assignment
- You will be performing your monologue using Flipgrid--> https://flipgrid.com/3f744173
- You will do this at home for homework.
- Make sure you are in a quiet space where you will not be interrupted.
- Make sure your props, music and costume prepared and ready BEFORE you start recording
- Make sure you speak loudly so we can hear you!
Elements of Drama
- role/character: adopting a variety of roles; considering both the inner and outer life in developing a character; sustaining familiar and unfamiliar roles; varying position (e.g., full front, quarter, profile, full back)
- relationship: developing and analysing a character in terms of his/her relationships with other characters
- time and place: establishing a clear setting (e.g., using simple objects and props to represent time and place)
- tension: using audio, visual, and/or technological aids and stage effects to heighten suspense and engage the audience
- focus and emphasis: using drama conventions to reveal/communicate key emotions and motivations to the audience and/or to draw audience attention to specific aspects of the drama